The Twain Doctrine: Citizen Holbrook & The Geopolitics of Colloquial Humor
Hal Holbrook was, briefly, an agent of the US government in the Cultural Cold War with the Soviet Union.
Tag: Soviet Union
Mark Twain & The Russians: An Exchange of Views
An annotated digital edition of Charles Neider’s 1960 pamphlet.
The Twain Doctrine
The midcentury resurgence of interest in Mark Twain’s life and work was fueled by the propaganda operations of both the U.S. and U.S.S.R.