Reassessment of President Truman's profound influence on U.S. foreign policy and the Cold War. The author contends that Truman remained a parochial nationalist who lacked the vision and leadership to move the United States away from conflict and toward détente. Instead, he promo…
American anticommunism: combating the enemy within, 1830-1970
by Heale, M. J.
fromAmerican moment
American anticommunism: combating the enemy within, 1830-1970
by Heale, M. J.
fromAmerican moment
A wide ranging survey of U.S. foreign policy from Yalta through the Berlin Wall's collapse.
In 1950, the Congress for Cultural Freedom was formed. This was a group of over 100 European and American writers and liberal intellectuals, formed to counter the rise of Stalin. This fascinating book reveals the flaws of this Congress, which was secretly funded by the CIA. Illu…