Table of Contents

Introduction
Part 1: Being Soviet in the pre-war era
1: The liberator state? The crisis of Official Soviet Identity during the Pact Period 1939-41
Part 2: Being Soviet during the Great Patriotic War
2: Perfidious allies? Britain, America, and Official Soviet Diplomatic Identity 1941-45
3: Patrons or Predators? Foreign servicemen, technology, and art within Official Soviet Cultural Identity 1941-45
Part 3: Being Soviet in the post-war years
4: Panics, peace, and pacifism: Official Soviet Diplomatic Identity in the late-Stalin years 1945-53
5: Subversive styles? Official Soviet Cultural Identity in the late-Stalin years 1945-53
Conclusion
Appendix
Bibilography

About the Author

Timothy Johnston is a former Junior Research Fellow in Modern European History of St. Peter's College, Oxford. This work is his first book and follows a number of well-received articles in Russian and English. He has left academia in order to pursue a career as a barrister but retains an active research interest in the Soviet Union under Stalin.

Reviews

adds significantly to our understanding of World War II and the Cold War by showing some of the ways that ordinary Soviet citizens imagined the world around them during the Stalin years.
*Eric Duskin, American Historical Review*

Without any doubt, there is much to learn from this well researched and excellently organized book.
*Robert Kindler, Journal of Social History*

this is an ambitious and impressive monograph.
*Ian D. Thatcher, European History Quarterly*

Being Soviet is a significant contribution to studies of popular opinion and collective mentalités in modern dictatorships.
*Alexey Tikhomirov, Slavonic and East European Review*