123rd Annual Meeting (January 2 - 5, 2009): Cold War Celebrities and Myths: Jack Benny, Yuri Gagarin, and Samantha Smith

Cold War Celebrities and Myths: Jack Benny, Yuri Gagarin, and Samantha Smith

AHA Session 118

Sunday, January 4, 2009: 9:00 AM-11:00 AM

Gibson Suite (Hilton New York)

Chair:

Melvyn P. Leffler, University of Virginia

Papers:

Jack Benny and America’s Mission after World War II
James Graham Wilson, University of Virginia

The Victory of Communism: Yuri Gagarin Makes Space Popular All Over the Planet
Anita Kondoyanidi, Georgetown University

The Innocent Ambassador: Samantha Smith in the Soviet Union
Anton A. Fedyashin, Independent Scholar

Comment:

Laura A. Belmonte, Oklahoma State University at Stillwater

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