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

Publication Data

• Title Propaganda state in crisis : Soviet ideology, indoctrination, and terror under Stalin, 1927-1941
• Author David Brandenberger
• Publisher Yale University Press
• Publication date 2011
• Publication location New Haven, Conn.
• Language English

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.

Topics

• Stalin, Joseph, 1879-1953 :: Influence
• Kommunisticheskai︠a︡ partii︠a︡ Sovetskogo Soi︠u︡za :: History
• 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
• Soviet Union :: Politics and government :: 1917-1936
• Soviet Union :: Politics and government :: 1936-1953
• Soviet Union

Propaganda state in crisis : Soviet ideology, indoctrination, and terror under Stalin, 1927-1941 by David Brandenberger. ISBN 9780300155372. Published by Yale University Press in 2011. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.