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300 a| xiii, 270 pages ;c| 24 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| Present at the creation -- Birth pangs in the early 1950s -- Two Octobers in 1956 -- Bridge building in the 1960s -- Czechoslovakia, 1968 -- Radio Liberty in the 1960s -- Impact and countermeasures -- Emergence from the shadows -- Public-private partnership -- Influencing others: lessons learned, overlearned, and unlearned.;

520 a| Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty examines the first twenty years of the organization, policies, and impact of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty, arguably one of the most important and successful policy instruments of the United States during the Cold War.;

520 a| The book is based on extensive archival research both in the U.S. and in Germany, Poland, and Hungary, as well as on interviews and the author's own experiences. It uses CIA materials--in part declassified at the request of the author--extensively, Johnson concentrates on the origins and role of RFE/RL in the context of U.S. national security strategy, with particular attention to the role of the Central Intelligence Agency in covertly organizing and funding RFE/RL from 1949 to 1971. And he details RFE activities during the most important East European crises of the era--in Poland and Hungary in 1956 and Czechoslovakia in 1968.;

520 a| The study concludes with an analysis of the factors that accounted for RFE/RL's effectiveness, which may offer lessons today as the United States tries to "win the hearts and minds" of foreign elites and populations and promote positive political change, particularly in the Muslim world. --Book Jacket.;

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Radio free Europe and Radio Liberty : the CIA years and beyond / A. Ross Johnson.

Author/creator	Johnson, A. Ross
Format	Book
Publication Info	Washington, D.C. : Woodrow Wilson Center Press ; Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, ©2010.
Description	xiii, 270 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects	Radio Free Europe--History. Radio Liberty--History. United States. Central Intelligence Agency--History. International broadcasting--Europe, Eastern. --History. International broadcasting--United States. --History. Radio in propaganda--Europe, Eastern. --History. United States--Foreign relations. --Europe, Eastern.

Contents	Present at the creation -- Birth pangs in the early 1950s -- Two Octobers in 1956 -- Bridge building in the 1960s -- Czechoslovakia, 1968 -- Radio Liberty in the 1960s -- Impact and countermeasures -- Emergence from the shadows -- Public-private partnership -- Influencing others: lessons learned, overlearned, and unlearned.
Abstract	Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty examines the first twenty years of the organization, policies, and impact of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty, arguably one of the most important and successful policy instruments of the United States during the Cold War.
Abstract	The book is based on extensive archival research both in the U.S. and in Germany, Poland, and Hungary, as well as on interviews and the author's own experiences. It uses CIA materials--in part declassified at the request of the author--extensively, Johnson concentrates on the origins and role of RFE/RL in the context of U.S. national security strategy, with particular attention to the role of the Central Intelligence Agency in covertly organizing and funding RFE/RL from 1949 to 1971. And he details RFE activities during the most important East European crises of the era--in Poland and Hungary in 1956 and Czechoslovakia in 1968.
Abstract	The study concludes with an analysis of the factors that accounted for RFE/RL's effectiveness, which may offer lessons today as the United States tries to "win the hearts and minds" of foreign elites and populations and promote positive political change, particularly in the Muslim world. --Book Jacket.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2010031873
ISBN	9780804773560 (hbk.)
ISBN	0804773564 (hbk.)

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