Hot books in the Cold War the CIA-funded secret book distribution program behind the Iron Curtain / Alfred A. Reisch.

Author/creator Reisch, Alfred A.
Other author American Council of Learned Societies.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBudapest : Central European University Press, 2013.
Descriptionxxviii, 549 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
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Subjects
Book program (U.S.)
Books and reading--Europe, Eastern. --History. --20th century.
Books and reading--Communist countries. --History. --20th century.
Publishers and publishing--Political aspects.
Censorship--Europe, Eastern. --History. --20th century.
Censorship--Communist countries. --History. --20th century.
Propaganda, Anti-communist.
Propaganda, International.
Cold War.

Contents Origins, objectives, and launching of the book project under Sam Walker -- Titles, contents, numbers, targets, and aims of the mailings -- The man in the grey suit : George C. Minden and his concept of cultural and ideological competition -- The New York Book Center : books, books, and more books -- The book project reaches new heights : the golden age of the 1960s -- Western and émigré books and periodicals published with covert support -- New opportunities through East-West contacts -- The early 1970s : the international advisory council -- A lasting enemy -- The communist regimes on the defensive : criticisms, warnings, and attacks -- The person-to-person distribution program : a direct way to reach East Europeans, the early Polish program 1958-1959 -- Another vehicle for reaching the people of eastern Europe : the person-to-person distribution program and personalized mailings -- The most important book distribution point : Vienna -- Letters from Poland, the crucial country -- Letters from Czechoslovakia before and after 1968 -- Letters from Hungary under goulash communism -- Letters from Romania under the Ceausescu regime -- Letters from Bulgaria despite very strict censorship -- The last seventeen years : International Literary Centre, Ltd., East Europe, and the USSR.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 527-535) and indexes.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2012048142
ISBN9786155225239

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