Who paid the piper? the CIA and the cultural Cold War

By:

Saunders, Frances Stonor

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London Granta Books 1999Description: xi, 509 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:

9781862073272

Subject(s):

United States. Central Intelligence Agency--Influence

DDC classification:

327.14SAU

Summary: During the Cold War, writers and artists were faced with a huge challenge. In the Soviet world, they were expected to turn out works that glorified militancy, struggle and relentless optimism. In the West, freedom of expression was vaunted as liberal democracy's most cherished possession. But such freedom could carry a cost. This book documents the extraordinary energy of a secret campaign in which some of the most vocal exponents of intellectual freedom in the West were instruments - whether they knew it or not, whether they liked it or not - of America's secret service.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [476]-480) and index.

During the Cold War, writers and artists were faced with a huge challenge. In the Soviet world, they were expected to turn out works that glorified militancy, struggle and relentless optimism. In the West, freedom of expression was vaunted as liberal democracy's most cherished possession. But such freedom could carry a cost. This book documents the extraordinary energy of a secret campaign in which some of the most vocal exponents of intellectual freedom in the West were instruments - whether they knew it or not, whether they liked it or not - of America's secret service.

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