Title Propaganda state in crisis : Soviet ideology, indoctrination, and terror under Stalin, 1927-1941 / David Brandenberger

Published Stanford, Calif. : Hoover Institution, Stanford University ; New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 357 pages) : illustrations Series The Yale-Hoover series on Stalin, Stalinism, and the Cold War Yale-Hoover series on Stalin, Stalinism, and the Cold War. Contents Introduction: Ideology, propaganda, and mass mobilization -- The propaganda state's first decade -- The search for a usable party history -- Personifying the Soviet "experiment" -- The cult of heroes and heroism -- The pageantry of Soviet patriotism -- The popularity of the official line -- The murder of the usable past -- Mass culture in a time of terror -- Public opinion imperiled -- The ossification of the official line -- Stalinist mass culture on the eve of war -- Conclusion: The propaganda state in crisis Summary 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953 -- Influence SUBJECT Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953 fast Subject Kommunisticheskai︠a︡ partii︠a︡ Sovetskogo Soi︠u︡za -- History. SUBJECT Kommunisticheskai︠a︡ partii︠a︡ Sovetskogo Soi︠u︡za fast Subject Propaganda, Soviet -- History Political culture -- Soviet Union -- History Popular culture -- Soviet Union -- History Public opinion -- Soviet Union -- History Ideology -- Soviet Union -- History State-sponsored terrorism -- Soviet Union -- History HISTORY -- Europe -- Russia & the Former Soviet Union. HISTORY -- Modern -- 20th Century. Ideology Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Political culture Politics and government Popular culture Propaganda, Soviet Public opinion State-sponsored terrorism SUBJECT Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1917-1936. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125845 Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1936-1953. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125847 Subject Soviet Union Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780300159639 0300159633

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