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Record Nr.

UNINA9910969423503321

Autore

Scott-Smith Giles <1968->

Titolo

The politics of apolitical culture : the Congress for Cultural Freedom, the CIA, and post-war American hegemony / / Giles Scott-Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2002

ISBN

1-138-67046-4

1-280-02136-5

0-203-47173-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Collana

Routledge/PSA political studies series

Disciplina

327.73

Soggetti

Anti-communist movements

United States

United States Relations Europe

Europe Relations United States

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: Introduction: Approaching the CCF - Gramsci, -- culture and the Cold War 1 -- 1 Intellectuals and hegemony 12 -- 2 The political economy of US hegemony 1945-50 33 -- 3 Securing the Pax Americana: overt and covert agendas 58 -- 4 The formation of the Congress for Cultural Freedom 83 -- 5 The search for consensus 1950-2 113 -- 6 The end of ideology and 'the Future of Freedom' 138 -- Conclusion 160.