The cultural cold war

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"In The Cultural Cold War, Frances Stonor Saunders presents for the first time the shocking evidence that the CIA infiltrated every niche of the cultural sphere during the postwar years. In a book that draws together recently declassified documents and exclusive interviews, the author narrates the extraordinary story of a secret campaign in which some of the most vocal exponents of intellectual freedom in the West became instruments of the American government. The CIA's front organizations and the philanthropic foundations that channeled its money also organized conferences, founded magazines, ran congresses, mounted exhibitions, arranged concerts, and flew symphony orchestras around the world." "Many of the period's foremost intellectuals and artists appear in the book: Isaiah Berlin, Clement Greenberg, Sidney Hook, Arthur Koestler, Irving Kristol, Robert Lowell, Henry Luce, Andre Malraux, Mary McCarthy, Reinhold Neibuhr, George Orwell, Jackson Pollock, Bertrand Russell, Jean-Paul Sartre, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., and Stephen Spender, among others. While many were unwitting participants in the CIA's cultural operation, others were willing collaborators."--BOOK JACKET.

subjects: American Arts,  Arts,  Cold War,  Cultural policy,  Freedom and art,  Influence,  Modern Arts,  Political aspects of Arts,  Political aspects of Freedom and art,  Politics and culture,  Social aspects of Cold War,  United States,  United States. Central Intelligence Agency,  United States. Central Intelligence Agency -- Influence,  Politics and culture -- United States,  Arts -- Political aspects -- United States,  Arts, American -- 20th century,  Cold War -- Social aspects -- United States,  Freedom and art -- Political aspects -- United States,  United States -- Cultural policy,  United states, central intelligence agency,  Art, political aspects,  United states, cultural policy,  Political aspects,  Social aspects,  History,  Arts, united states,  Politique et culture,  Aspect politique,  Arts américains,  Guerre froide,  Aspect social,  Liberté et art,  POLITICAL SCIENCE,  Government,  International,  International Relations,  General,  Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.),  New York Times reviewed

Places: United States

Times: 20th century