The ideological foundations of U.S. foreign policy have neo-Trotskyite foundations. Hatred of the USSR since the time of Stalin was the primary motivation for Trotskyists to the point where a significant faction considered the USSR and Stalinism rather than America and capitalism as the major obstacles to world socialism. This faction was co-opted into the Cold War and has provided the ideological impetus for U.S. foreign policy ever since.
Feb 08, 2024 // In the 1960s, jazz emerged as a strategic weapon of of the Cold War. Jazz musicians, later dubbed “Goodwill Jazz Ambassadors,” became a U.S. propaganda tool initially, unbeknownst to the artists, writes Diplomatic Courier's Melissa Metos in her review of the film 'Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat.'
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