Listen in on a debate on the effectiveness of government propaganda during the Cold War, as featured on the weekly CNN program "Postscript" -- which accompanies the COLD WAR series.

CNN World Affairs Correspondent Ralph Begleiter, joined by Russian historian Vladislav Zubok, renowned former journalist Marvin Kalb and Alvin Snyder -- former director of the U.S. Information Agency -- consider the fight for the hearts and minds of people on both sides of the Iron Curtain.

Dr. Vladislav Zubok is one of the leading historians of the Cold War and the author of "Inside the Kremlin's Cold War." He has studied extensively in Soviet and American archives and has taught classes on the Cold War at Amherst College, Ohio University in Athens and Stamford University. In 1993, Zubok was employed by the Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies in Washington, D.C., and since then has worked at the Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo and is now a fellow at the National Security Archive in Washington.

Alvin Snyder is a former director of television for the U.S. Information Agency. He is author of "Warriors of Disinformation: American Propaganda, Soviet Lies and the Winning of the Cold War."

Marvin Kalb is Edward R. Murrow Professor of Press and Public Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He was chief diplomatic correspondent for CBS News and NBC News, as well as moderator of the interview program "Meet the Press."