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Comparative Book Report

Peter Petschner

Professor Sven Kube

EUH 3282

11/23/2021

This argumentative essay is written to research and write about the different monographs written in the 1900s and provides information regarding Jazz and Cold War. For this purpose, three books are chosen for a comparative study, and their different concepts are compared with each other. The books used for the comparative book report will include Jazz, Rock, and Rebels which Uta G. Poiger wrote in 2000. This book was chosen because it is written in English and is a monograph book type. The author's main argument included that Eat and Western German officials were concerned regarding the feminization of the men. The second book which is chosen for the comparative book report is Red and Hot: The Fate of Jazz in the Soviet Union 1917-1991, written by S. Fredrick Starr in 1994.

The third book chosen for the comparative book report is Jazz Diplomacy: Promoting America in the Cold War Era, which Lisa E. Davenport wrote in 2010. This book was also chosen because it is written in English and it is a monograph.

All three books include information regarding Jazz and the Cold war. The first book, written by Uta G. Poiger, discusses the reception of American Popular culture in post-war Germany. The subject discussed is Jazz; the place discussed in Germany and America, and the time discussed in this book is post-war. The author of this book has also discussed that how Germany was influenced by the culture of America, especially by its music and cinema in the 1900s[footnoteRef:1]. The second book written by S. Fredrick Starr discusses the link between American jazz music and its fundamental shift in Western values in the 20th century. This book was chosen because it is written in English and it is a monograph book. The main argument discussed in the book is how European had been exposed to American Jazz in 1919. The subject discussed is Jazz in the Soviet Union, the place discussed in the book is Europe and America, and the time was 1917-1991[footnoteRef:2]. The third book written by Lisa E. Davenport has discussed in this book is how Jazz was diplomatic and promoted America in the Cold War Era. The subject discussed is Jazz diplomacy and promoting a culture of America in Cold war; the place discussed in the book is America, and the time was Cold War Era.[footnoteRef:3]. [1: Poiger, Uta G. Jazz, rock, and rebels. University of California Press, 2000. ] [2: Starr, S. Frederick. Red and hot: the fate of Jazz in the Soviet Union 1917-1991. Hal Leonard Corporation, 1994.] [3: Davenport, Lisa E. Jazz diplomacy: Promoting America in the cold war era. Univ. Press of Mississippi, 2010.]

The historical narratives, such as the main subject, are connected because all the three books include the discussion of Jazz culture and how it has evolved. The main argument revolves around the Cold War, and the discussion of different countries is discussed about Cold War and its impact on these countries. The main subject for the first book is Jazz; the place discussed in Germany and America, and the time discussed in this book is post-war. The main subject for the second book has discussed Jazz in the Soviet Union; the place discussed in the book is Europe and America. The main subject for the third book is Jazz diplomacy and promoting the culture of America in the Cold war. The main subject of all these three books is connected by Jazz. The time in which the books are written also connects them with each other. The first book was written in 2000, the second book was written in 1994, and the third book was written in 2010. All these three books were written after 1945. These three books discuss almost similar places or places near each other, such as America and Europe. The books include a rich history of these places.

The arguments made by the authors of these books are different because they have discussed their own points of view. The first book includes the main argument that has discussed how Germany was influenced by the culture of America, especially by its music and cinema in the 1900s. It includes the discussion of Jazz and how The American Jazz culture influenced german people. The argument made by the authors of the second book is almost similar to the argument made by the first book; the argument of the second book includes how the Europeans had been exposed to American Jazz in 1919. Both the authors have discussed the American Jazz culture and how Europe and Germany were exposed to the culture of America. The authors have discussed different points of view and provided different pieces of evidence. The first book includes the evidence from 1900, and the second book includes the evidence from 1919. The main argument of the third book includes Jazz diplomacy and promoting the culture of America in the Cold war. The argument of the third book is different from the arguments made in the first and second books. All three authors have used different approaches to discuss these arguments and to present information on how different countries adopted the Jazz culture and how the culture of these countries was promoted during the Cold War.

The first book has discussed that how East German officials and the East German press have attacked the influence of American popular culture on the youth of East and West Germany. The authorities of East Germany claimed that the American imports had destroyed the cultural heritage of Germany. The book has discussed how the American culture and American imports have barbarized the adolescents of Germany from both East and West. The American culture has exposed the East and West German people to fascist seduction. However, the second book discusses the fate of Jazz in the USSR presents or demonstrates how the system has become a hollow shell long before 1990. The authors discuss that how society has become a different society dramatically and how the society has emerged. The author discussed the Jazz musicians and how they are at the forefront of new and self-governing surroundings. Both the authors of the first and second books do not challenge each other; they have discussed their points of view. The author of the second book has focused more on Jazz music, while the author of the first book has discussed Jazz culture. The author has discussed that how members of the upper and middle prosperous class had reveled in the ideals of nationalism, rationalism, romanticism, and progress. And the first book includes the discussion of how and why in the post-war East and West Germans encounters with American popular culture were crucial to the reconstruction of German Identities in two states. Besides all this, the third book discusses the American Cold Warriors and how it aims to redefine American culture's values. The presentation of music, especially Jazz music, is discussed how these types of music redefine the culture of America. The author of the third book does not challenge the authors of the first and second books. But all the authors of these three books complement each other. They have discussed the points that complement each other discussion.

The first book is a well-written book that has discussed almost all the important elements concisely. The volume of the book is also good as it is not a book with thousands of pages. It includes an adequate number of pages which has covered almost all the main points and presented all the arguments. This book comes under the category of the monograph. The second book is similar in volume to the first book, and it has also discussed almost all the important points, and the author has presented all the arguments. This book also has an adequate volume in which the author has covered all the main topics or arguments. The third book is a small book having less volume than the other two books. This book has less volume, focusing only on American culture, Jazz music, and Cold War. The book has a small volume because less information is added by the author, which is only related to the Americans. The other two books also include information regarding the Europeans and Germans, and they were exposed to American culture and Jazz music.

It is obvious that reading all three books provide more benefit and information. The books in conjunction benefit our understanding of the past which is greater than reading the books alone. Reading a single book does not provide more information than reading many books and comparing the information with each other. The insights gained from reading these three books include the information regarding European culture, German culture, and American culture. The information is gained that how the Europeans and Germans were exposed to American culture.

There could be many gaps that have remained open up because these books are written concisely. The authors could add more information to explain the points in a more detailed way and present more pieces of evidence to support their claims. Since these books are monographs and include a single theme throughout the book, the author must have missed many important points that could be added in the book and which could improve the book's effectiveness. But the authors of all three books made their efforts to add and discuss all the important information regarding Jazz history and different cultures adopted the Jazz cultures. In the first book, the author can add more information on why American culture was considered the bad influence for the Germans and the impact of this point on the Americans. The author of the second book can discuss that why Europeans had to be exposed to the American culture and why they could not follow any other culture, what was the importance of American culture, especially Jazz music. The author of the third book can add more information on how American culture has evolved and which countries influenced the evolution of American culture and Jazz music.

Works Cited

Poiger, Uta G. Jazz, rock, and rebels. University of California Press, 2000.

Starr, S. Frederick. Red and hot: the fate of Jazz in the Soviet Union 1917-1991. Hal Leonard Corporation, 1994.

Davenport, Lisa E. Jazz diplomacy: Promoting America in the cold war era. Univ. Press of Mississippi, 2010.