Upstaging the Cold War – American Dissent and Cultural Diplomacy, 1940–1960 Falk

Upstaging the Cold WarAmerican Dissent and Cultural Diplomacy, 1940-1960\nAuthor(s): Andrew J. Falk\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Massachusetts Press, United States\nImprint: University of Massachusetts Press\nISBN-13: 9781558499034, 978-1558499034\nSynopsis\nTraditional interpretations of the 1950s have emphasised how American anti-communists deployed censorship and the blacklist to silence dissent, particularly in the realm of foreign policy. Yet those efforts at repression did not always succeed. Throughout the early years of the Cold War, a significant number of writers and performers continued to express controversial views about international relations in Hollywood films, through the new medium of television, on the Broadway stage, and from behind the scenes. \n\nBy promoting superpower co-operation, decolonisation, nuclear disarmament, and other taboo causes, dissident artists such as Lillian Hellman, Arthur Miller, Rod Serling, Dalton Trumbo, Reginald Rose, and.