Description: "We are just beginning to grasp the extent to which U. S. culture of the past fifty years has been dominated and guided by Cold War paradigms. "Containment Culture" will add significantly to that growing body of scholarship."-- Barbara Foley, Rutgers University
Review Quotes: "For those confused by the giddy climate of recent Cold War revisionism, Nadel is a sure-footed guide to the cultural politics of the period. In pursuit of its solid claims, Containment Culture makes satisfying connections between far flung domains of American expression."--Andrew Ross