Cold War Rivalry and the Perception of the American West
COLD WAR RIVALRY AND THE PERCEPTION OF THE AMERICAN WEST: WHY BOTH WESTERNERS AND EASTERNERS BECAME COWBOYS AND INDIANS by PAWEL GORAL Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of The University of Texas at Arlington in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON May 2012 Copyright © by Pawel Goral 2012 All Rights Reserved ii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to thank my committee members: Drs. Thomas Adam (Chair), Joyce Goldberg, Sam W. Haynes, Meredith McClain, and Steven G. Reinhardt. I would also like to thank other professors who also influenced my work along the way: Eric Bolsterli, Kim Breuer, Stephanie Cole, Imre Demhardt, Marvin Dulaney, Robert Fairbanks, John Garrigus, George Green, Donald Kyle, Stephen Maizlish, Christopher C. Morris, Stanley H. Palmer, Dennis Reinhartz, Stephen Stillwell, Jr. Our departmental staff have been priceless in helping me navigate through the program. I thank Robin Deeslie, Ami Keller, Wanda Stafford, and James Cotton. I thank the staff at the Central Library, especially those in charge of interlibrary loan processing. I thank for the invaluable help I received at the archives at Textarchiv des Deutschen Filminstituts / Deutschen Filmmuseums, Frankfurt, Archiv der Berlin- Brandenburgischen Akademie der Wissenschaften (ABBAW), and Bundesarchiv, Berlin. My now three year old daughter, Anna, provided helpful entertainment as I progressed through the writing process. My parents, although thousands of miles away, have stood by me all this time. But the person who made it all possible was my wife, Andrea. I hereby postulate that the spouses of doctoral students should be awarded an iii honorary degree for all the sacrifice it requires to endure.
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