LEADER 03167cam a22004578i 4500001 17554526 005 20151111201131.0 008 121207s2013 hu b 001 0 eng 003 hubpceuo 010 2012048142 020 9786155225239 040 DLC |beng |cDLC |erda 041 eng 042 pcc 043 ee-----e-ur--- 050 00 Z1003.5.E92 |bR45 2013 082 00 028.70947/0904 |223 100 1 Reisch, Alfred A. |q(Alfred Alexander), |d1931-2013 242 |yEnglish 245 10 Hot books in the Cold War : |bthe CIA-funded secret western book distribution program behind the Iron Curtain / |cAlfred A. Reisch. 260 Budapest ;New York ; |bCentral European University Press, |c2013. 300 5 xxviii, 549 p. ; |c24 cm. 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 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. 650 0 Books and reading |zEurope, Eastern |xHistory |y20th century. 650 0 Books and reading |zCommunist countries |xHistory |y20th century. 650 0 Book distribution programs. 650 0 Publishers and publishing |xPolitical aspects. 650 0 Censorship |zEurope, Eastern |xHistory |y20th century. 650 0 Censorship |zCommunist countries |xHistory |y20th century. 650 0 Propaganda, Anti-communist. 650 0 Propaganda, International. 650 0 Cold War. 906 0 |bvip |corignew |d1 |eecip |f20 |gy-gencatlg 942 |2ddc |cBK 955 |brg11 2012-12-07 |crg11 2012-12-07 (telework) (held for query)xn09 2013-05-24 1 copy rec'd., to CIP ver. 952 |00 |10 |2ddc |40 |6028_709470904000000_23_REI |70 |8REF |921406OSA |bOSA |d2013-06-04 |eOSA |l0 |o028.70947/0904 23 REI |r2013-06-04 |t2 |w2013-06-04 |yBK |cReference 920 01 Ge3m1MX0 992 01 028_709470904000000_23_REI |bZXR_SZQVSZQZVZZZZZZ_XW_8LH 966 |cIn the Research Room