Japanese Surrender and the End of World War II in US Press

The following paper deals with the research of the place and value of surrender of Japan and its reflection in the USA public opinion in the end of Second World War. The study of information campaign around surrender of Japan has its specifics and value: first, it gives a chance to establish new, unknown facts; secondly, to determine the level of knowledge of “another” (in this case, American) society about the Soviet foreign policy; thirdly, to understand what place information about August 1945 took in the USA in the system of the USSR, Japan, China image creation. This paper uses materials of the USA press about USSR’s foreign policy in 1945. Besides, the author analyzes the image of the Soviet foreign policy in the American society. The information campaign around USSR’s foreign policy could report to the world about the Soviet foreign policy achievements as well as promote preparation (in the information plan) to the following large project — the image of the Soviet enemy.

Keywords

surrender of Japan, World War II, press of the United States, public opinion

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03.07.2020

Publication date

30.11.2020

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43222

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GOST	Buranok S., Malkin S. Japanese Surrender and the End of World War II in US Press // ISTORIYA – 2020. – V. 11. – Issue 11 (97) [Electronic resource]. URL: https://history.jes.su/S207987840013014-4-1 (circulation date: 17.05.2024). DOI: 10.18254/S207987840013014-4
MLA	Buranok, Sergey, Malkin, Stanislav "Japanese Surrender and the End of World War II in US Press." ISTORIYA 11.11 (97) (2020) DOI: 10.18254/S207987840013014-4
APA	Buranok S., Malkin S. (2020). Japanese Surrender and the End of World War II in US Press. ISTORIYA 11(11 (97)) DOI: 10.18254/S207987840013014-4

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