The Russians Are Coming! the Russians Are Coming!: Pageantry and Patriotism in Cold-War America

By Richard M. Fried

Book Overview

At a time when Americans dedicate their national holidays to barbecues, sporting events, and driving on crowded interstate highways to vacation homes and theme parks, it may be difficult to remember an era when patriotic observance was a matter of high seriousness and legislated pageantry.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195070208
• ISBN13: 9780195070200
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.8" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Outstanding summary of the lighter side of the cold war era

Of Fried's three books on the cold war era, this focused on pagentry rather than just McCarthyism (although the two are inextricably tied). "The Russians..." provided humorous and interesting anecdotes about the impact of the cold war on everyday americans in ways I could not have imagined. I highly recommend reading it.