Reviews
"A valuable piece of research about an extraordinary historical event and Mr. Berghahn has told it well." --Arnold Beichman, Washington Times, This is a laudable effort that should provoke much discussion about this aspect of the Cold War. It will also provides an important guidepost for further investigations of the cultural and intellectual cold wars of this period and their lace within the Soviet-American conflict as a whole. -- Gregory Moore, The Historian, This study represents a substantial contribution to the small but growing body of work on the culture and ideas of the Cold War. Above all, it is a truly international study, showing that the traffic in ideas is a worthy subject for students of international relations., "A significant addition to the burgeoning literature on Americanization."-- Brian C. Etheridge, German Studies Review, This is a thoughtful volume by someone equally at home in American and European intellectual history. It recounts the unique career of a man who felt comfortable among the best brains, enabled them to do valuable work, loved to argue, made enemies by putting people down‹and made history., "This is a thoughtful volume by someone equally at home in American and European intellectual history. It recounts the unique career of a man who felt comfortable among the best brains, enabled them to do valuable work, loved to argue, made enemies by putting people down--and made history."-- Robert Goldman, The New Leader, "This study represents a substantial contribution to the small but growing body of work on the culture and ideas of the Cold War. Above all, it is a truly international study, showing that the traffic in ideas is a worthy subject for students of international relations." -- International Affairs, "An excellent new book. . . . Berghahn combines biography and cultural history to provide a deft portrait of European-American relations in the modern era."-- David M. Oshinsky, The New York Times Book Review, This is a thoughtful volume by someone equally at home in American and European intellectual history. It recounts the unique career of a man who felt comfortable among the best brains, enabled them to do valuable work, loved to argue, made enemies by putting people down--and made history. -- Robert Goldman, The New Leader, A significant addition to the burgeoning literature on Americanization. -- Brian C. Etheridge, German Studies Review, "This fascinating book is both a biography of the American diplomat Shepard Stone and an intricate account of U.S. cultural policies in Europe after World War II. . . . By throwing light on this neglected but vital story, Berghahn has made a major contribution to the understanding of American hegemony in postwar Europe."-- Foreign Affairs, "Berghahn . . . successfully identifies and illuminates the too-often neglected role of nongovernmental actors in the evolution of American Cold War diplomacy." --Walter L. Hixson, American Historical Review, "This is a laudable effort that should provoke much discussion about this aspect of the Cold War. It will also provides an important guidepost for further investigations of the cultural and intellectual cold wars of this period and their lace within the Soviet-American conflict as a whole." --Gregory Moore, The Historian, "This fascinating book is both a biography of the American diplomat Shepard Stone and an intricate account of U.S. cultural policies in Europe after World War II. . . . By throwing light on this neglected but vital story, Berghahn has made a major contribution to the understanding of American hegemony in postwar Europe." -- Foreign Affairs, "This is a laudable effort that should provoke much discussion about this aspect of the Cold War. It will also provides an important guidepost for further investigations of the cultural and intellectual cold wars of this period and their lace within the Soviet-American conflict as a whole."-- Gregory Moore, The Historian, A valuable piece of research about an extraordinary historical event and Mr. Berghahn has told it well. -- Arnold Beichman, Washington Times, "Berghahn . . . successfully identifies and illuminates the too-often neglected role of nongovernmental actors in the evolution of American Cold War diplomacy."-- Walter L. Hixson, American Historical Review, Berghahn . . . successfully identifies and illuminates the too-often neglected role of nongovernmental actors in the evolution of American Cold War diplomacy. -- Walter L. Hixson, American Historical Review, A valuable piece of research about an extraordinary historical event and Mr. Berghahn has told it well., "A significant addition to the burgeoning literature on Americanization." --Brian C. Etheridge, German Studies Review, "An excellent new book. . . . Berghahn combines biography and cultural history to provide a deft portrait of European-American relations in the modern era." --David M. Oshinsky, The New York Times Book Review, "This is a thoughtful volume by someone equally at home in American and European intellectual history. It recounts the unique career of a man who felt comfortable among the best brains, enabled them to do valuable work, loved to argue, made enemies by putting people down--and made history." --Robert Goldman, The New Leader, "A valuable piece of research about an extraordinary historical event and Mr. Berghahn has told it well."-- Arnold Beichman, Washington Times, This is a thoughtful volume by someone equally at home in American and European intellectual history. It recounts the unique career of a man who felt comfortable among the best brains, enabled them to do valuable work, loved to argue, made enemies by putting people down--and made history., This study represents a substantial contribution to the small but growing body of work on the culture and ideas of the Cold War. Above all, it is a truly international study, showing that the traffic in ideas is a worthy subject for students of international relations. -- International Affairs, Berghahn . . . successfully identifies and illuminates the too-often neglected role of nongovernmental actors in the evolution of American Cold War diplomacy., This is a laudable effort that should provoke much discussion about this aspect of the Cold War. It will also provides an important guidepost for further investigations of the cultural and intellectual cold wars of this period and their lace within the Soviet-American conflict as a whole., An excellent new book. . . . Berghahn combines biography and cultural history to provide a deft portrait of European-American relations in the modern era. -- David M. Oshinsky, The New York Times Book Review, An excellent new book. . . . Berghahn combines biography and cultural history to provide a deft portrait of European-American relations in the modern era., This fascinating book is both a biography of the American diplomat Shepard Stone and an intricate account of U.S. cultural policies in Europe after World War II. . . . By throwing light on this neglected but vital story, Berghahn has made a major contribution to the understanding of American hegemony in postwar Europe. -- Foreign Affairs, "This study represents a substantial contribution to the small but growing body of work on the culture and ideas of the Cold War. Above all, it is a truly international study, showing that the traffic in ideas is a worthy subject for students of international relations."-- International Affairs, This fascinating book is both a biography of the American diplomat Shepard Stone and an intricate account of U.S. cultural policies in Europe after World War II. . . . By throwing light on this neglected but vital story, Berghahn has made a major contribution to the understanding of American hegemony in postwar Europe.
