Giles Scott Smith: 4 books
The Politics of Apolitical Culture
The Congress for Cultural Freedom and the Political Economy of American Hegemony 1945-1955
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2003
This book analyses a key episode in the cultural Cold War - the formation of the Congress for Cultural Freedom. Whilst the Congress was established to defend cultural values and freedom of expression in the Cold War Struggle, its close association with the CIA later undermined its claims to intellectual...
Western Anti-Communism and the Interdoc Network
Cold War Internationale
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2012
Interdoc was established in 1963 by Western intelligence services as a multinational effort to coordinate an anti-communist offensive. Drawing on exclusive sources and the memories of its participants, this book charts Interdoc's campaign, the people and ideas that lay behind it and the rise and fall of this remarkable network during the Cold War.
Transnational Anti-Communism and the Cold War
Agents, Activities, and Networks
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2014
How was anti-communism organised in the West? This book covers the agents, aims, and arguments of various transnational anti-communist activists during the Cold War. Existing narratives often place the United States – and especially the CIA – at the centre of anti-communist activity. The book instead opens up new fields of research transnationally.
by Andrew F. Herrmann, Art Herbig, Tony E. Adams
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2016
Popular culture helps construct, define, and impact our everyday realities and must be taken seriously because popular culture is, simply, popular. Communication Perspectives on Popular Culture brings together communication experts with diverse backgrounds, from interpersonal communication, business...