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Autore: |
Wilford Hugh <1965->
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Titolo: |
The mighty wurlitzer : how the CIA played America / / Hugh Wilford
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Pubblicazione: | Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2008 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xiv, 342 p., [16] p. of plates ) : ill., ports |
Disciplina: | 327.1273009045 |
Soggetto topico: | Intelligence service - United States |
Cold War | |
Political culture - United States - History - 20th century | |
Public-private sector cooperation - United States - History - 20th century | |
Soggetto geografico: | United States Politics and government 1945-1989 |
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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | The mighty wurlitzer ![]() |
ISBN: | 0-674-04517-3 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910818293203321 |
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