Document Type
Honors Project
Abstract
During the Cold War, the United States and Soviet Russia focused on spreading their distinctive ideologies across the globe, and in doing so, came in direct competition with one another. In this study, I employ content analysis of two major U.S. and Soviet education reports and reforms from 1983 to 1991, namely A Nation at Risk and Fundamental Directions of General and Vocational School Reform, to explore and illustrate how the two states wielded their youth as weapons in a battle for ideological supremacy. My findings add nuance to the conversation surrounding education as a method of state control.
Recommended Citation
Sahm, Sophia, "Schooling on the East-West Divide: Educational Weaponization During the Final Phase of the Cold War" (2022). Political Science Honors Projects. 95.
https://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/poli_honors/95
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