Freedom's war
Subtitle: the American crusade against the Soviet Union
By: Scott Lucas
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 301
Subjects: United States. -- Central Intelligence Agency -- History; Cold War; United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union; Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States; United States -- Foreign relations -- Europe, Eastern; Europe, Eastern -- Foreign relations -- United States; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1953; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1953-1961
Description: "Freedom's War is the first book to examine comprehensively the American pursuit of the liberation of Eastern Europe from the end of World War II until the failure of the Hungarian Revolution in 1956. It establishes how the American vision of freedom led to interventions in Asia, Africa and Latin America, and it details the massive propaganda campaign to persuade people at home and abroad of the virtues of U.S. possession of the atomic bomb.

Most significantly, Freedom's War explores in detail the most important legacy of the Cold War: the forging of a network linking government and private groups, from labor unions to women's organizations to academics in the anti-Soviet crusade. Beginning with the declaration of the Truman Doctrine, Lucas argues that the Cold War was a total war that required the contribution of all sectors of American society."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [286]-296) and index