The CIA and the Soviet bloc : political warfare, the origins of the CIA and countering Communism in Europe / Stephen Long.
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TextSeries: Library of modern American history: 4.Publisher: London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2014Description: xiv, 362 pages ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781780763934; 178076393XOther title: Central Intelligence Agency and the Soviet blocSubject(s): United States -- Foreign relations -- Europe, Eastern | Europe, Eastern -- Foreign relations -- United States | United States -- Foreign relations -- 1953-1961 | United States. Central Intelligence Agency -- History | Espionage, American -- Europe, Eastern -- History -- 20th century | Cold War | Europe, Eastern -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989 | United States. Central Intelligence Agency | United States. Central Intelligence Agency | Cold War (1945-1989) | Diplomatic relations | Espionage, American | Politics and government | Europe, Eastern | United States | USA. CIA | Ost-West-Konflikt | Politiska förhållanden | Spionage -- historia | Kalla kriget | 1900-1999Genre/Form: History.DDC classification: 327.127304709045 LOC classification: DJK45.U5 | .L66 2014Other classification: 7,41 | 8 | NQ 5910 | NQ 8340 Online resources: Table of contents | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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Holding the line : ERP, the Communist challenge and the bureaucratic struggle over psychological warfare, July-December 1947 -- Cold wars in Europe and the USA : administrative conflict over the inauguration of political warfare, January-June 1948 -- The strategic dilemma : the pursuit of a Soviet Bloc policy, Titoism and Program A, 1948-50 -- Systemic disorder : the launch of OPC political warfare operations against the Soviet Bloc from 1948 -- Disorder over design : the strategic and operational impasse over US political warfare, 1950-3 -- Assuming the mantle : the Eisenhower administration and the Soviet Bloc, 1953-6.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 336-348) and index.
Challenges the accepted view that the US believed in a post-World War II ordering of Europe which placed the East outside an American 'sphere of influence, ' arguing that 'disorder prevailed over design' in the planning and organization of intelligence operations during the early stages of the Cold War.
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