Divided Dreamworlds?: The Cultural Cold War in East and West
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In: Studies of the Netherlands Institute for War Documentation Ser
In: Problems of communism, Band 33, Heft 3, S. 75
ISSN: 0032-941X
In: Comparative strategy, Band 7, Heft 4, S. 369-375
ISSN: 1521-0448
In: Europe Asia studies, Band 66, Heft 4, S. 679-680
ISSN: 1465-3427
In: Europe Asia studies, Band 66, Heft 4, S. 679-680
ISSN: 0966-8136
In: European journal of communication, Band 28, Heft 3, S. 333-336
ISSN: 1460-3705
In: Journal of Cold War studies, Band 24, Heft 4, S. 112-156
ISSN: 1531-3298
Abstract
The bifurcation of Germany during the Cold War induced the two German states to compete around the world over German cultural sovereignty, as they offered rival conceptions of what it meant to be German. The contest over this matter was fueled not only by the division of Germany but also by the military occupation. With restrictions imposed on both governments in their foreign policy activities during the early Cold War, foreign cultural diplomacy (auswärtige Kulturpolitik), a form of proxy diplomacy developed in the interwar period, became a crucial means of forging ties with countries outside Europe. This article traces how the two German governments sent language teachers, artists, academics, musicians, and exchange students to Asia as cultural ambassadors in a bid to reestablish a German presence. Divided countries along the Bamboo Curtain, especially the People's Republic of China, became the most important battlegrounds in the competition for hegemony in representing Germany in Asia. The need to engage in foreign cultural diplomacy also brought Asian ideological conflicts home to Germany. Exchange visitors and their governments tried to achieve their own interests by steering a middle course between the two German states. Foreign cultural diplomacy thus was an essential—and complicated—part of "soft power" for both German governments in trying to win over foreign audiences.
In: The Journal of social, political and economic studies, Band 8, Heft 4, S. 387
ISSN: 0278-839X, 0193-5941
In: The Journal of social, political and economic studies, Band 8, S. 387-394
ISSN: 0278-839X, 0193-5941
In: Journal of peace research, Band 13, Heft 3, S. 197-206
ISSN: 0022-3433
In: Bulletin of concerned Asian scholars, Band 19, S. 24-40
ISSN: 0007-4810, 0898-7785
According to the author, East Timor was invaded and occupied by Indonesia in December 1975. The paper describes the struggle of the people of East Timor under the leadership of the Fretilin against Indonesian occupation, violations of human rights, economic and military support of Indonesia by several Western democracies, reactions in these countries to Indonesian occupation of East Timor, East Timor issue at the United Nations etc. (DÜI-Sen)
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In: Cold War history
In: Cold war history, Band 4, Heft 1, S. 1-22
ISSN: 1743-7962
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