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A Fleeting Friendship: Anglo-Soviet Penpalship in the Second World War
Diplomacy & Statecraft ( IF 0.521 ) Pub Date : 2022-01-23 , DOI: 10.1080/09592296.2021.1996713
Olga Kucherenko 1
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ABSTRACT

The Soviet experience of the Second World War is not commonly associated with popular activism in foreign relations. Yet, throughout the war, the Stalinist regime actively engaged in soft power projects with its allies, one of which was a pen-friendship scheme involving thousands of ordinary individuals. This analysis examines Anglo-Soviet popular correspondence amongst young people and children as one of the earliest examples of ‘citizen diplomacy’. It examines the function of international exchanges as instruments of both state policy and personal interaction, arguing that this penpalship was not mere propaganda manipulation. Undoubtedly brokered to achieve certain goals, it also had an element of spontaneity and sincerity, springing from a real popular feeling. Delving into the inner-workings of Soviet propaganda and diplomatic machinery, this article exlpores the significance, complexities, and limitations of the wartime epistolary exchange amongst the young.



中文翻译:

转瞬即逝的友谊:第二次世界大战中的英苏笔友会

摘要

苏联在二战中的经历通常与对外关系中的民众激进主义没有联系。然而,在整个战争期间,斯大林政权与其盟友积极参与软实力项目,其中之一是涉及数千名普通人的笔友计划。该分析将英苏在年轻人和儿童之间的流行通信作为“公民外交”的最早例子之一。它考察了国际交流作为国家政策和个人互动工具的功能,认为这种笔友关系不仅仅是宣传操纵。毫无疑问,它是为实现某些目标而促成的,它也有一种自发性和真诚的成分,源于一种真正的民意。深入研究苏联宣传和外交机制的内部运作,

更新日期:2022-01-23
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