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Capturing the German Eye: American Visual Propaganda in Occupied Germany by Cora Sol Goldstein (Hardcover, 2009)

Shedding new light on the American campaign to democratize Western Germany after World War II, Capturing the German Eye uncovers the importance of cultural policy and visual propaganda to the U.S. occupation. Cora Sol Goldstein skillfully evokes Germany?s political climate between 1945 and 1949, adding an unexpected dimension to the confrontation between the United States and the USSR. During this period, the American occupiers actively vied with their Soviet counterparts for control of Germany?s visual culture, deploying film, photography, and the fine arts while censoring images that contradicted their political messages. Goldstein reveals how this U.S. cultural policy in Germany was shaped by three major factors: competition with the USSR, fear of alienating German citizens, and American domestic politics. Explaining how the Americans used images to discredit the Nazis and, later, the Communists, she illuminates the instrumental role of visual culture in the struggle to capture German hearts and minds at the advent of the cold war.

Author
Cora Sol Goldstein
Publication Name
Capturing the German Eye: American Visual Propaganda in Occupied Germany
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Government
Publication Year
2009
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
240 Pages

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