Cold War Correspondents: Soviet and American Reporters on the Ideological Frontlines

2021 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 369-371
Author(s):  
Raluca Cozma
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  
War Correspondents

Cold War Correspondents and the Possibilities of Convergence: American Journalists in the Soviet Union, 1968–1979

2014 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rósa Magnúsdóttir
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  
Soviet Union ◽  
Cultural Background ◽  
Soviet Society ◽  
Russian History ◽  
Russian People ◽  
The Soviet Union ◽  
War Correspondents ◽  
Soviet Ideology ◽  
The Way

This article examines the writings of six American journalists who were stationed in the Soviet Union during the crucial period of détente in 1968–1979. All of them took their role as integrated observers of Soviet society seriously and published book length accounts of their experiences in Russia. They claimed that inside knowledge of Russian history and the Russian people was important for trying to understand the possibilities for change in the Soviet Union. In the process of getting to know the Soviet Union, however, they also revealed the importance of their own cultural background and expectations. They reached the conclusion that while change was possible in the consumer sphere, Russian history and Soviet ideology stood in the way of political convergence.

scholarly journals REVIEW: Behind the bitter attacks and propaganda—a remarkable Cold War talent

2006 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 192-196
Author(s):  
David Robie
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
War Correspondents

Review of Memoirs of a Rebel Journalist: The Autobiography of Wilfred Burchett, edited by George Burchett and Nick Shimmin.When Phillip Knightley was researching The First Casualty (1975), controversial fellow Australian journalist Wilfred Burchett was at the top of his list of war correspondents in the Pacific theatre whom he needed to interview. But he was at a loss over how to find him. Was Burchett then living in Paris, Sofia, Moscow or Beijing? Or where? Ironically, Knightley bumped into Burchett at a party in the London suburb of Battersea.

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