Global Fictions in the Fog of the Cold War
by
Sorin Radu Cucu
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2013
This book argues that during the Cold War modern political imagination was held captive by the split between two visions of universality—freedom in the West versus social justice in the East—and by a culture of secrecy that tied national identity to national security. Examining post- 1945 American...