First Title value, for Searching:
The CIA book club : the secret mission to win the Cold War with forbidden literature
First Author value, for Searching:
English, Charlie, author.
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BOOKLIST:
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Abstract:
"Recounts a covert Cold War operation led by George Minden to smuggle banned literature into Eastern Europe, focusing on the cultural and psychological battle against Soviet censorship and the role underground reading networks played in weakening totalitarian control, especially in Poland"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
A snaggle-toothed thought machine -- Our friends down south -- The french connection -- An international spiderweb -- They will crush us like bugs -- The deal -- The night of the general -- This is big casino -- Citizens versus the secret police -- Raphael -- Ideas for getting out of a no-win situation -- Helpful -- Oh sh**! reactionary propaganda! -- This turbulent priest -- The network -- The regina affair -- A general, a lowly recruit, and all ranks in between -- Television free Europe -- High noon -- Bloody Feliks -- Epilogue: the best-Kept secret.
Tema:
| Books and reading -- Europe, Eastern -- History -- 20th century. |
| Information warfare -- United States -- History -- 20th century. |
| Information warfare -- Europe, Eastern -- History -- 20th century. |
| Publishers and publishing -- Political aspects. |
| Cold War -- Propaganda. |
| Livres et lecture -- Europe de l'Est -- Histoire -- 20e siècle. |
| Guerre de l'information -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 20e siècle. |
| Guerre de l'information -- Europe de l'Est -- Histoire -- 20e siècle. |
| Guerre froide -- Propagande. |
| HISTORY / Europe / Poland. |
| HISTORY / Russia. |
| HISTORY / United States / 20th Century. |
| Informational works. |
| Documents d'information. |
| United States. Central Intelligence Agency -- History -- 20th century. |
Summary:
"Recounts a covert Cold War operation led by George Minden to smuggle banned literature into Eastern Europe, focusing on the cultural and psychological battle against Soviet censorship and the role underground reading networks played in weakening totalitarian control, especially in Poland"--
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