Samantha Smith in the Land of the Bolsheviks: Peace and the Politics of Childhood in the Late Cold War

On November 28, 1982, an eleven-year-old girl named Samantha Smith sent this letter to Yuri Andropov from her home in Manchester, Maine. A few months later, as the winter turned to spring, Samantha received a response. “It seems to me that you are a courageous and honest girl,” Andropov began.2 Her...

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Published in:Diplomatic history 2019-06, Vol.43 (3), p.418-444
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