Download or read book Showcasing the Great Experiment written by Michael David-Fox and published by OUP USA. This book was released on 2012-01-12 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Showcasing the Great Experiment provides the most far-reaching account of Soviet methods of cultural diplomacy innovated to influence Western intellectuals and foreign visitors. Probing the declassified records of agencies charged with crafting the international image of communism, it reinterprets one of the great cross-cultural and trans-ideological encounters of the twentieth century.