Cold War broadcasting : impact on the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe : a collection of studies and documents / edited by A. Ross Johnson and R. Eugene Parta ; foreword by Timothy Garton Ash.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Johnson, A. Ross.

Parta, R. Eugene, 1940-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Radio Free Europe--History.

Radio Free Europe.

Radio Liberty--History.

Radio Liberty.

Broadcasting--Soviet Union--History.

Broadcasting.

Broadcasting--Europe, Eastern--History.

History.

Eastern Europe.

Soviet Union.

Physical Description:

xxv, 584 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, 2010.

Summary:

There have been many studies of the part Radio Free Europe, Radio Liberty, and other Western broadcasters played in US national security strategy during the Cold War, but few on how they impacted the targets of the broadcasts in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. This volume combines accounts by radio veterans and scholars who have conducted research on the subject in Soviet bloc archives and Western records, with a selection of translated documents from formerly secret Soviet and East European archives. The 17 essays cover goals of the broadcasts, jamming and audiences, and the impact of Western broadcasts in Eastern Europe and the USSR. The 51 documents illuminate regime perceptions of Western broadcasts and measures taken against them ranging from 1953 to 1989. Distributed in the US by Books International. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9639776807

OCLC:

598304978

Publisher Number:

99943852590