Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Introduction: “Encouraging Friendships between the Girls of All Nations” 1
4. 1. “What Kind of World Do You Want?”: Preparing Girls for Peace and Tolerance in the Atomic Age 20
5. 2. “Hello, World, Let’s Get Together”: Building Global Conversations through Pen Pals and Aid Packages 57
6. 3. “Famous for Its Cherry Blossoms”: Reimagining Japan and Germany in the Postwar Period 82
7. 4. “Playing Foreign Shopper”: Consuming Internationalism 101
8. 5. “We Hand the Communists Powerful Propaganda Weapons to Use against Us”: Defending Global Citizenship during the Post–World War II Red Scare 125
9. Epilogue: The “Watchers of the Skies” 157
10. Acknowledgments 165
11. Notes 167
12. Index 213