Hot books in the Cold War : the CIA-funded secret western book distribution program behind the Iron Curtain
General Information
- Author/Creator
- Reisch, Alfred A. (Alfred Alexander), 1931-2013
- Language
- English.
- Published
- Budapest ; New York ; Central European University Press, 2013.
- Physical Description
- xxviii, 549 p. ; 24 cm.
Subjects
- Subject
- Books and reading > Europe, Eastern > History > 20th century.
- Books and reading > Communist countries > History > 20th century.
- Book distribution programs.
- Publishers and publishing > Political aspects.
- Censorship > Europe, Eastern > History > 20th century.
- Censorship > Communist countries > History > 20th century.
- Propaganda, Anti-communist.
- Propaganda, International.
- Cold War.
Bibliographic Information
- Responsibility
- Alfred A. Reisch.
- Content
- 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.
- ISBN
- 9786155225239
Holdings
| Item Type | Current Location | Collection | Call Number | Volume Info | Shelving Location | Public Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | OSA Archivum Library | Reference collection | 028.70947/0904 23 REI | Reference | - |
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