Reviews for The culture of the Cold War

The average rating for The culture of the Cold War based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-02-28 00:00:00 James Walkley Whitfield does a good job of incorporating cultural themes, events, and ideals into the greater narrative of the Cold War. The strengths are his chapters on movies. Whitfield is often at odds with film scholars who interpret these films with an aesthetic perspective whereas his interpretation is based on political history. These revaluations of film from the 1950s and 60s are worth the price of admission. A major flaw is the portrayal of presidents. Whitfield's analysis of Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson are very short and sporadic and at times come off as biased. A reader who has not read much history will walk away with a bizarre impression on these figures. Especially Johnson.

Review # 2 was written on 2012-02-20 00:00:00 Andre Bayhansen The first one hundred pages and the last forty were really great. The rest was superfluous.