Although there have been many studies of U.S.-Soviet diplomacy in the twentieth century, most explorations of people-to-people diplomacy begin in the 1980s and to not take into account the early contacts in the revolutionary period and 1920s. This study explores in greater depth the religious figures, radical activists, entrepreneurs, engineers, social workers, and others in both the U.S. and the Soviet Union who reached across the barriers of ideology and culture and history to forge tentative but real human connections in an attempt to further better understanding between the two countries. All of these efforts prefigured the much more heralded "citizen diplomacy" efforts of the 1980s, which helped end the Cold War.
| ISBN: | 9781032042169 |
| Publication date: | 29th January 2024 |
| Author: | David W McFadden |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 86 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Histories of Central and Eastern Europe |
| Genres: |
Regional / International studies Far-left political ideologies and movements Diplomacy Cold wars and proxy conflicts Social and political philosophy Regional geography European history History of the Americas |