Exercise in Frustration: Soviet Foreign Propaganda in the Early Cold War, 1945-47

The article utilizes new evidence available from the Russian archives, including the records of the CPSU Central Committee (International Affairs Dept & Dept on Agitation & Propaganda). It examines the evolution of Soviet foreign propaganda from WWII to the Cold War by analyzing its organization, methods, & outcome. Emphasis is placed on the internal constraints of the Soviet foreign propaganda machine & its systemic flaws both of which made Soviet foreign propaganda relatively ineffective. Adapted from the source document.