Media and Catastrophic Events during the Cold War: Between Ideological Borders and Solidarity

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Cold War Europe – A Space of Communication 1
4. I Infrastructure
5. Wired Radio Spreads its Tentacles over the Country 19
6. European Crisis Communication 45
7. (Telecommunication) Satellites – Celestial and Terrestrial Concepts of Europe 61
8. Stories of Rescue and Sacrifice 87
9. II Broadcasting
10. Radio Free Europe and Radio France Internationale 119
11. Creating an Alternative Public 133
12. “Refined and Experienced Opponents?”: The BBC’s German East Zone Programme in the Cold War 155
13. “I Wanted to Know the Truth” 179
14. III Circulation of European Ideas
15. A Romanian Renegade: The Case of Petru Dumitriu 197
16. “Fifteen Minutes with Jacek Kaczmarski” on Radio Free Europe (1983–1995) 209
17. “A Window onto the World”? 221
18. Media and Catastrophic Events during the Cold War: Between Ideological Borders and Solidarity 231
19. Contributors 255
20. Index of Institutions and Names 259