Satchmo blows up the world : jazz ambassadors play the Cold War / Penny M. Von Eschen.
Stung by reports that people around the world thought the US was a racist society that oppressed the African American, from 1956 the State Dept. dispatched jazz luminaries such as Louis Armstrong to distant corners where they blew the trumpet of freedom in the war against communism.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
Harvard University Press,
2004.
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Main Collection
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ML3795 .V63 2004 |
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| Status: | Available Request this item |