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Title:
The CIA book club : the secret mission to win the Cold War with forbidden literature

Central Intelligence Agency book club
Author:
English, Charlie, author.
Format:
Book
ISBN:
9780593447901
Subject Term:
Books and reading -- Europe, Eastern -- History -- 20th century.

Information warfare -- United States -- History -- 20th century.

Information warfare -- Europe, Eastern -- History -- 20th century.

Publishers and publishing -- Political aspects.

Cold War -- Propaganda.

Livres et lecture -- Europe de l'Est -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.

Guerre de l'information -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.

Guerre de l'information -- Europe de l'Est -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.

Guerre froide -- Propagande.

HISTORY / Europe / Poland.

HISTORY / Russia.

HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
Summary:
"Recounts a covert Cold War operation led by George Minden to smuggle banned literature into Eastern Europe, focusing on the cultural and psychological battle against Soviet censorship and the role underground reading networks played in weakening totalitarian control, especially in Poland"--