Propaganda state in crisis : Soviet ideology, indoctrination, and terror under Stalin, 1927-1941 /
Brandenberger, David.
New Haven, Conn. ; London : Yale University Press,
c2011.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Stalin, Joseph, 1879-1953
Kommunisticheskai︠a︡ partii︠a︡ Sovetskogo Soi︠u︡za
Propaganda, Soviet
Political culture
Popular culture
Public opinion
Ideology
State-sponsored terrorism