Soviet soft power in poland culture and the making of stalins new empire 1943 1957 the new cold war history amazonde babiracki patryk fremdsprachige bucher. He claims that throughout this period those soviet bureaucrats involved in foreign cultural outreach sought to use soft power in order to mobilize widespread support for the postwar order in the emerging soviet bloc this led in poland to cooperation between procommunist and fellow traveling polish intellectuals and soviet cultural bureaucrats both of whom sought to use progressive cultural values to underpin the new political system as babiracki demonstrates the experience of . Concentrating on the formative years of the cold war from 1943 to 1957 patryk babiracki reveals little known soviet efforts to build a postwar east european empire through culture babiracki argues that the soviets involved in foreign cultural outreach tried to use soft power in order to galvanize broad support for the postwar order in the emerging soviet bloc populated with compelling characters ranging from artists writers journalists and scientists to party and government . Soviet soft power in poland culture and the making of stalins new empire 1943 1957 published 05082015 recommended by redakcja pol int publishing house university of north carolina press place of publication chapel hill nc page references 368 language english isbn 78 1 4696 2089 3 history cultural studies english print pdf facebook twitter google e mail . Concentrating on the formative years of the cold war from 1943 to 1957 patryk babiracki reveals little known soviet efforts to build a postwar east european empire through culture babiracki argues that the soviets involved in foreign cultural outreach tried to use soft power in order to galvanize broad support for the postwar order in the emerging soviet bloc populated with compelling