Hot Books in the Cold War : The CIA-Funded Secret Western Book Distribution Program Behind the Iron Curtain

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Hot Books in the Cold War i5 Cold War.indb 1 2013.03.04. 13:37 i5 Cold War.indb 2 2013.03.04. 13:37 Hot Books in the Cold War The CIA-Funded Secret Western Book Distribution Program Behind the Iron Curtain Central European University Press Budapest–New York Alfred A. Reisch i5 Cold War.indb 3 2013.03.04. 13:37 © 2013 by Alfred A. Reisch Published in 2013 by Central European University Press An imprint of the Central European University Limited Liability Company Nádor utca 11, H-1051 Budapest, Hungary Tel: +36-1-327-3138 or 327-3000 Fax: +36-1-327-3183 E-mail: ceupress@ceu.hu Website: www.ceupress.com 224 West 57th Street, New York NY 10019, USA Tel: +1-212-547-6932 Fax: +1-646-557-2416 E-mail: martin.greenwald@opensocietyfoundations.org All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the permission of the Publisher. ISBN 978-615-5225-23-9 Printed in Hungary by Akaprint Kft., Budapest Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Reisch, Alfred A. (Alfred Alexander), 1931Hot books in the Cold War : the West’s CIA-funded secret book distribution program behind the Iron Curtain / Alfred A. Reisch. pages cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-6155225239 1. Books and reading—Europe, Eastern—History—20th century. 2. Books and reading—Communist countries—History—20th century. 3. Book distribution programs. 4. Publishers and publishing—Political aspects. 5. Censorship—Europe , Eastern—History—20th century. 6. Censorship—Communist countries— History—20th century. 7. Propaganda, Anti-communist. 8. Propaganda, International . 9. Cold War. I. Title. Z1003.5.E92R45 2013 028.70947’0904—dc23 2012048142 i5 Cold War.indb 4 2013.03.04. 13:37 To Sam Walker, George Minden and all the dedicated men and women who broke down the cultural Iron Curtain i5 Cold War.indb 5 2013.03.04. 13:37 i5 Cold War.indb 6 2013.03.04. 13:37 ...