{"product_id":"the-cia-and-the-congress-for-cultural-freedom-in-the-early-cold-war-by-sarah-miller-harris-9781138947795","title":"The CIA and the Congress for Cultural Freedom in the Early Cold War","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book questions the conventional wisdom about one of the most controversial episodes in the Cold War, and tells the story of the CIA's backing of the Congress for Cultural Freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor nearly two decades during the early Cold War, the CIA secretly sponsored some of the world’s most feted writers, philosophers, and scientists as part of a campaign to prevent Communism from regaining a foothold in Western Europe and from spreading to Asia. By backing the Congress for Cultural Freedom, the CIA subsidized dozens of prominent magazines, global congresses, annual seminars, and artistic festivals. When this operation (QKOPERA) became public in 1967, it ignited one of the most damaging scandals in CIA history. Ever since then, many accounts have argued that the CIA manipulated a generation of intellectuals into lending their names to pro-American, anti-Communist ideas. Others have suggested a more nuanced picture of the relationship between the Congress and the CIA, with intellectuals sometimes resisting the CIA's bidding.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eVery few accounts, however, have examined the man who held the Congress together: Michael Josselson, the Congress’s indispensable manager—and, secretly, a long-time CIA agent. \u003cem\u003eThe CIA and the Congress for Cultural Freedom in the Early Cold War\u003c\/em\u003e fills that gap. Using a wealth of archival research and interviews with many of the figures associated with the Congress, this book sheds new light on how the Congress came into existence and functioned, both as a magnet for prominent intellectuals and as a CIA operation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis book will be of much interest to students of the CIA, Cold War History, intelligence studies, US foreign policy and International Relations in general.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47607914496236,"sku":"9781138947795","price":353.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781138947795-the-cia-and-the-congress-for-cultural-freedom-in-the-early-cold-war.jpg?v=1778179371","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-cia-and-the-congress-for-cultural-freedom-in-the-early-cold-war-by-sarah-miller-harris-9781138947795","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}