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The mighty wurlitzer : how the CIA played America / Hugh Wilford.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wilford, Hugh, 1965-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Intelligence service--United States.
- Intelligence service.
- Cold War.
- Political culture--United States--History--20th century.
- Political culture.
- Public-private sector cooperation--United States--History--20th century.
- Public-private sector cooperation.
- United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.
- United States.
- United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 342 p., [16] p. of plates ) ill., ports.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-318) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780674045170
- 0674045173
- OCLC:
- 1049624012
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