Journalists as Communism's Fellow Travellers?
Journalists as Communism's Fellow Travellers?
A New Look at the International Organizations of Journalists
Author(s): Mikuláš PeštaSubject(s): History, Cultural history, Political history, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Post-War period (1950 - 1989), History of Communism, Book-Review
Published by: AV ČR - Akademie věd České republiky - Ústav pro soudobé dějiny
Keywords: International Organizations of Journalists;Czechoslovakia;Prague;Cold War;communism;internationalism;journalistic movement
Summary/Abstract: Kaarle Nordenstreng, the author of the book entitled "The Rise and Fall of the International Organisation of Journalists Based in Prague 1946–2016: Useful Recollections, Part III" (Prague, Karolinum 2020), is at the same time an important actor in the history presented. This presents an opportunity to assess not only the role of the International Organization of Journalists as “Communist front organization” in the Cold War and the authenticity of representation of journalists’ interests, but also generally the role of non-communists in such organizations. In the reviewer’s opinion, the book often reads more as a chronicle rather than as a historical analysis, but given the lack of other syntheses, it serves its purpose as an introduction to the history of the IOJ.
Journal: Soudobé Dějiny
- Issue Year: XXVIII/2021
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 787-790
- Page Count: 4
- Language: English