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a| DLC
b| eng
c| DLC
e| rda
a| Z1003.5.E92
b| R45 2013
a| Reisch, Alfred A.
q| (Alfred Alexander),
d| 1931-2013
a| Hot books in the Cold War :
b| the CIA-funded secret western book distribution program behind the Iron Curtain /
c| Alfred A. Reisch.
a| Budapest ;
a| New York ;
b| Central European University Press,
c| 2013.
a| xxviii, 549 p. ;
c| 24 cm.
a| Includes bibliographical references and index.
a| 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.
a| Books and reading
z| Europe, Eastern
x| History
y| 20th century.
a| Books and reading
z| Communist countries
x| History
y| 20th century.
a| Book distribution programs.
a| Publishers and publishing
x| Political aspects.
a| Censorship
z| Europe, Eastern
x| History
y| 20th century.
a| Censorship
z| Communist countries
x| History
y| 20th century.
a| Propaganda, Anti-communist.
a| Propaganda, International.
a| 0
b| vip
c| orignew
d| 1
e| ecip
f| 20
g| y-gencatlg
b| rg11 2012-12-07
c| rg11 2012-12-07 (telework) (held for query)
a| xn09 2013-05-24 1 copy rec'd., to CIP ver.
0| 0
1| 0
2| ddc
4| 0
6| 028_709470904000000_23_REI
7| 0
8| REF
9| 21406
a| OSA
b| OSA
d| 2013-06-04
e| OSA
l| 0
o| 028.70947/0904 23 REI
r| 2013-06-04
t| 2
w| 2013-06-04
y| BK
c| Reference
a| 028_709470904000000_23_REI
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