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Cold War Women - The International Activities of American Women's Organisations (Paperback)
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Cold War Women - The International Activities of American Women's Organisations (Paperback)
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Loot Price R509
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For too long, American women have been hidden in the history of the
Cold War. In "Cold War Women," Helen Laville recovers their
significance by examining the activities and ambitions of American
women's organisations in the long period of uneasy peace. After the
Second World War, women around the globe claimed that to avoid more
death and devastation in the Atomic Age, they must promote
internationalism and strive together for a peaceful future.
However, as the Cold War escalated, American women abandoned the
internationalist outlook of their foreign sisters in favour of
solidarity with their national brothers. Far from being advocates
of internationalism, many of these women became active agents for
Americanism. American women's organisations were not alone in their
ideological battle with Soviet-backed groups. In their export of
the 'correct' vision of the American way of life and of women's
proper place within it, they could count on the assistance of the
State Department, the US High Commission in Germany, and, most
significantly, the CIA. And, if some women in the US presented an
alternative for 'peace' which didn't match this vision, American
women's organisations and the government were ready to co-operate
to quash the challenge. This fascinating study will be invaluable
to those in the field of gender and women's history, cultural
studies, and American history.
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