Propaganda State in Crisis: Soviet Ideology, Indoctrination, and Terror Under Stalin, 1927-1941 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780300155372)

The USSR is often regarded as the world's first propaganda state. Particularly under Stalin, politically charged rhetoric and imagery dominated the press, schools, and cultural forums from literature and cinema to the fine arts. Yet party propagandists were repeatedly frustrated in their efforts to promote a coherent sense of "Soviet" identity during the interwar years. This book investigates this failure to mobilize society along communist lines by probing the secrets of the party's ideological establishment and indoctrinational system. An exposé of systemic failure within Stalin's ideological establishment, Propaganda State in Crisis ultimately rewrites the history of Soviet indoctrination and mass mobilization between 1927 and 1941.

Author: David Brandenberger
ISBN-10: 0300155379
ISBN-13: 9780300155372
Publisher: Yale University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/01/2011
Pages: 376
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.14lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 08/01/2012