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Memories of Russia as Seen from the U.S. During the Cold War
Richard C. Burke Ivanovo State University October 2013 . 2013
The Times We Were Living In Anti-Communist Fervor Nuclear Threat Ordinary Russians Space Race Russias Artistic Heritage
Outline
American attitudes
Post-War Building
ANTI-COMMUNIST FERVOR
ENEMIES
In one word . . .
Allies in World War II Great Depression and the War Desire for peace and prosperity USSR was trouble we really did not want
Recent history: WW II
1942
1947
Four-part world
Satellite Nations
J. Edgar Hoover Joseph McCarthy John Birch Society Loyalty Oaths Blacklists
Anti-Communist fervor
Hostile opposition
Religious hostility
NUCLEAR THREAT
CUBA
Nike bases BMEWS and DEW Line Strategic Air Command Conelrad
Bomb shelters
At school
ORDINARY RUSSIANS
Not to be truste d
Multiple errors
Books Movies TV
Olympic rivals
Russia in sports
SPACE RACE
Space Race
Animal in space Man-made object to photograph hidden side of moon Man in space Woman in space Two men in space Two flights at once Space walk
Weather satellite Communications satellite Spy satellite Geosynchronous orbit satellite Moon landing
American ambivalence
Winston Churchill
Regardless of what some people in the States might think about Russian people, I can say that they are just like other people theyre friendly, sympathetic, curious. . . . citizens of supposedly enemy countries are normal, friendly people who have no reason to dislike each other.