Title:

Why During the Polish-Bolshevik War Did Soviet Propaganda Discourse Dominate European Public Opinion?

Subtitle:

Acta Poloniae Historica T. 124 (2021) ; The Polish-Bolshevik War, 1919-21

Creator:

Leinwand, Aleksandra J.

Institutional creator:

Polska Akademia Nauk. Komitet Nauk Historycznych ; Polska Akademia Nauk, Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla

Contributor:

Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Publisher:

Instytut Historii Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Place of publishing:

Warszawa

Date issued/created:

2021

Description:

p. 35-70

Subject and Keywords:

Poland ; Bolshevik Russia ; Great Britain ; Polish-Soviet War 1919–20 ; propaganda ; Western public opinion ; propaganda, communist - Soviet Union ; Polish-Soviet War (1919-1920) - foreign public opinion, European

Abstract:

In 1919–20, a war took place between two states that had emerged at the end of the Great War: Soviet Russia and the reborn Republic of Poland. It was a clash of widely different legal, political, and ideological systems. The conflict took place not only on the military and diplomatic planes but also within propaganda. Upon taking power in Russia, the Bolsheviks, in their official speeches, presented themselves to the world as the defenders of peace and the sovereignty of all nations; the imperial aspirations of Soviet Russia were hidden under the slogans of a world revolution that would liberate oppressed peoples. The military and ideological conquest began with a concentrated focus on neighbouring countries, including Poland. At the same time, a suggestive propaganda message was sent to the West, setting out the course of events from Moscow’s point of view.

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Relation:

Acta Poloniae Historica

Volume:

124

Start page:

35

End page:

70

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article : original article

Format:

application/octet-stream

Resource Identifier:

2450-8462 ; 0001-6829 ; 10.12775/APH.2021.124.02

Source:

IH PAN, sygn. A.296/124 ; IH PAN, sygn. A.295/124 Podr. ; click here to follow the link

Language:

eng

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution BY-ND 4.0 license

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. [CC BY-ND 4.0] May be used within the scope specified in Creative Commons Attribution BY-ND 4.0 license, full text available at: ; -

Digitizing institution:

Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Original in:

Library of the Institute of History PAS

Projects co-financed by:

Activities popularizing science (DUN)

Access:

Open