Campaigning Culture and the Global Cold War
Subtitle: The Journals of the Congress for Cultural Freedom
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Limited
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 331
ISBN-13: 9781137598660
Subjects: United states, central intelligence agency; Anti-communist movements; Cold war
Description: "This book explores the lasting legacy of the controversial project by the Congress for Cultural Freedom, funded by the CIA, to promote Western culture and liberal values in the battle of ideas with global Communism during the Cold War. One of the most important elements of this campaign was a series of journals published around the world: Encounter, Preuves, Quest, Mundo Nuevo, and many others, involving many of the most famous intellectuals to promote a global intellectual community. Some of them, such as Minerva and China Quarterly, are still going to this day. This study examines when and why these journals were founded, who ran them, and how we should understand their cultural message in relation to the secret patron that paid the bills"--Back cover.