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Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Abbreviations and Acronyms viii
4. Preface ix
5. Acknowledgments xi
6. Introduction xiii
7. 1 Russia and the West 1
8. 2 The Moscow Youth Festival 11
9. 3 The Cultural Agreement 14
10. 4 Scholarly Exchanges 21
11. 5 Science and Technology 65
12. 6 Humanities and Social Sciences 77
13. 7 Moscow Think Tanks 81
14. 8 Forums Across Oceans 95
15. 9 Other NGO Exchanges 113
16. 10 Performing Arts 123
17. 11 Moved by the Movies 128
18. 12 Exhibitions—Seeing is Believing 133
19. 13 Hot Books in the Cold War 136
20. 14 The Pen Is Mightier . . . 153
21. 15 Journalists and Diplomats 162
22. 16 Fathers and Sons 172
23. 17 The Search for a Normal Society 179
24. 18 “Western Voices” 184
25. 19 To Helsinki and Beyond 186
26. 20 Mikhail Gorbachev, International Traveler 191
27. 21 And Those Who Could Not Travel 197
28. 22 The Polish Connection 200
29. 23 The Beatles Did It 205
30. 24 Obmen or Obman? 210
31. 25 The Future 226
32. Afterword 229
33. Selected Bibliography 231
34. Index 237