LEADER 02277nam a2200313 a 4500005 20180126140046.0 008 eng 003 hubpceuo 020 0300069219 040 |chubpceu 041 eng 082 0 384.54/094 21 100 1 Urban, George R., |d1921-1997 242 |yEnglish 245 0 Radio Free Europe and the pursuit of democracy : my war within the Cold War / |cGeorge R. Urban. 260 New Haven ; London : |bYale University Press, |c1997. 300 x, 322 p. : |c24 cm. 500 Includes bibliographical references and index. 500 A leading expert on East and Central European and Soviet affairs, George R. Urban offers an insider's perspective on the history of Radio Free Europe by drawing on his service during the 1960s and his term as overall director in the 1980s. In vivid detail, Urban describes how the Radios promoted the cause of liberal democracy and the free market economy for more than four decades and stood up against the Soviet system, with its clandestine offshoots and fifth columns in all the countries of the West. Urban contends that a second opponent was less visible but more powerful: influential members of the American and West European Left who believed that the Soviet superpower should not be thwarted. The author explores the often controversial strategies and tactics employed by the staff and administrators of the Radios, sheds light on their role in the tragic 1956 Hungarian Revolution, examines the ideas and convictions of key figures, and reveals how communism was intellectually unmasked in a psychological contest that also made possible reconciliation between nations and individuals. 650 0 Cold War |xHistory 650 0 International broadcasting |xHistory |x20th century 650 0 Radio Free Europe |xHistory |x20th century 650 0 Radio in propaganda |xHistory |x20th century 942 |2ddc |cBK 952 |00 |10 |2ddc |40 |6384_540940000000000_21_URB |70 |8REF |9176OSA |bOSA |d2011-05-25 |eOSA |l0 |o384.54/094 21 URB |r2011-05-25 |t1 |w2011-05-25 |yBK |xAndras: Nov. 9-29, 2004. |cReference 920 01 5yozrgor 992 01 384_540940000000000_21_URB |bWRV_UVZQVZZZZZZZZZZ_XY_58O 966 |cIn the Research Room