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Too much has been written about relations and negotiations between the governments of the United States and the former Soviet Union. But, what about the ordinary people-to-people contacts between the two countries? How were young, Russian-speaking Americans treated in the Soviet Union? Why did Soviet citizens stand for hours in the cold, rain and snow to visit American cultural exhibitions? What elaborate trips for Soviet dignitaries were organized by the US State Department? What happened when a Soviet delegation met with the John Birch Society in Iowa? What caused the Voice of America to stop hiring Russian-speaking Americans and to replace them with recent Soviet

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Book category Books in English Biography & True Stories Biography: general Biography: historical, political & military

• Full title: Tales of an American Culture Vulture
• Author: McGuire, Bill, PH.D. (Professor of Geophysical and Climate Hazards at University College London University College London University College London Un
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208
• EAN: 9780595270972
• ISBN: 9780595270972
• ID: 07356295
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Weight: 386 g
• Dimensions: 230 × 154 × 17 mm
• Date of publishing: 13. March 2003

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