“With malice toward none”: IFLA and the cold war.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Davis, Donald G.; Feis, Nathaniel
- Source
- Libraries & Culture; Winter2001, Vol. 36 Issue 1, p1-15, 15p
- Subject
- Political participation of librarians
Library science
Federations
Cold War, 1945-1991
Developing countries
Soviet Union
- Language
- ISSN
- 08948631
Focuses on the maintenance of the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) of its international character and political neutrality during the Cold War. Intercultural understanding characterized by tolerance and appreciation of regional differences; Criticism by Western members on the lack of freedom in the Soviet Union; Resentment by members of the Third World toward the West.