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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778014803321

Autore

Wilford Hugh <1965->

Titolo

The mighty wurlitzer [[electronic resource] ] : how the CIA played America / / Hugh Wilford

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2008

ISBN

0-674-04517-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 342 p., [16] p. of plates ) : ill., ports

Disciplina

327.1273009045

Soggetti

Intelligence service - United States

Cold War

Political culture - United States - History - 20th century

Public-private sector cooperation - United States - History - 20th century

United States Politics and government 1945-1989

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-318) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- ONE. Innocents' Clubs -- TWO. Secret Army -- THREE. AFL-CIA -- FOUR. A Deep Sickness in New York -- FIVE. The Cultural Cold War -- SIX. The CIA on Campus -- SEVEN. The Truth Shall Make You Free -- EIGHT. Saving the World -- NINE. Into Africa -- TEN. Things Fall Apart -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Wilford provides the first comprehensive account of the clandestine relationship between the CIA and its front organizations. Using an unprecedented wealth of sources, he traces the rise and fall of America's Cold War front network from its origins in the 1940's to its Third World expansion during the 1950's and ultimate collapse in the 1960's.