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The CIA and the Soviet Bloc: Political Warfare, the Origins of the CIA and Countering Communism in Europe
Stephen Long
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Description for The CIA and the Soviet Bloc: Political Warfare, the Origins of the CIA and Countering Communism in Europe
Hardback. Featuring new archival material, and unpicking the relationship between the CIA, the US government and the Soviet Union, The CIA and the Soviet Bloc sheds new light on espionage, the Cold War, US diplomatic history and the history of 20th century Europe. Series: Library of Modern American History. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; JPFC; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 145 x 34. Weight in Grams: 630.
The Central Intelligence Agency was established by Harry S. Truman after World War II and it soon provided covert political and paramilitary support to further US foreign policy. Strengthened by President Eisenhower, by the early 1950s, under the command of Allen Dulles, the CIA was actively overthrowing governments-notably Prime Minister Mossadegh in Iran in 1953 and President Arbenz Guzman in Guatemala in 1954. The Agency was less effective in Eastern Europe, however, where the Soviet Union had established control- despite opportunities for US intereference such as the East German riots in 1953 and the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. Here, Stephen ... Read more
The Central Intelligence Agency was established by Harry S. Truman after World War II and it soon provided covert political and paramilitary support to further US foreign policy. Strengthened by President Eisenhower, by the early 1950s, under the command of Allen Dulles, the CIA was actively overthrowing governments-notably Prime Minister Mossadegh in Iran in 1953 and President Arbenz Guzman in Guatemala in 1954. The Agency was less effective in Eastern Europe, however, where the Soviet Union had established control- despite opportunities for US intereference such as the East German riots in 1953 and the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. Here, Stephen ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Series
Library of Modern American History
Condition
New
Number of Pages
376
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780763934
SKU
V9781780763934
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About Stephen Long
Stephen Long is Senior Lecturer in Modern US Foreign Policy at Canterbury Christ Church University.
Reviews for The CIA and the Soviet Bloc: Political Warfare, the Origins of the CIA and Countering Communism in Europe
Stephen Long's meticulous study, The CIA and the Soviet Bloc, is an invaluable contribution to the growing literature on the early Cold War clarifying at once both the limits of American power and its vaulting ambition. Long adds welcome complication to the story of the development of the national security state. Marilyn B. Young, Professor of ... Read more