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Cold War Cultures: Perspectives on Eastern and Western European Societies . Edited by Annette Vowinckel , Marcus M. Payk , and Thomas Lindenberger . New York and Oxford : Berghahn Books , 2012. Pp. x + 385. Cloth $95.00. ISBN 978-0857452436 .
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This edited volume is composed of sixteen essays held together by an introduction by the editors. Three to five essays are grouped under each of four subheadings: "Mediating the Cold War: Radio, Film, Television, and Literature"; "Constructing Identities: Representation of the 'Self'"; "Crossing the Border: Interactions with the 'Other'"; and "The Legacies of the Cold War: Remembrance and Historiography." According to the editors, the volume intends to explore whether there are "sufficient parallels between Eastern and Western European cultures to justify a specifically European perspective on the Cold War"--or whether "it makes more...