Campaigning culture and the global Cold War : the journals of the Congress for Cultural Freedom /
This book explores the lasting legacy of the controversial project by the Congress for Cultural Freedom, funded by the CIA, to promote Western culture and liberal values in the battle of ideas with global Communism during the Cold War. One of the most important elements of this campaign was a series...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
[2017]
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| Summary: | This book explores the lasting legacy of the controversial project by the Congress for Cultural Freedom, funded by the CIA, to promote Western culture and liberal values in the battle of ideas with global Communism during the Cold War. One of the most important elements of this campaign was a series of journals published around the world, including Encounter, Preuves, Quest, Mundo Nuevo and many others, involving many of the most famous intellectuals to promote a global intellectual community. Some of them, such as Minerva and China Quarterly, are still going to this day. This study examines when and why these journals were founded, who ran them and how we should understand their cultural message in relation to the secret patron that paid the bills. |
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| Physical Description: | xvii, 331 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-326) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781137598660 1137598662 |