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Autore |
Reisch Alfred A (Alfred Alexander), <1931-> |
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Hot books in the Cold War : the CIA-funded secret book distribution program behind the Iron Curtain / / Alfred A. Reisch |
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Budapest : , : Central European University Press, , 2013 |
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ISBN |
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9786155225352 |
615-5225-35-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (596 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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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 |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 527-535) and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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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. |
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