Wilford, Hugh.

The Mighty Wurlitzer : How the CIA Played America. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (375 pages)

Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Innocents' Clubs: The Origins of the CIA Front -- 2 Secret Army: Émigrés -- 3 AFL-CIA: Labor -- 4 A Deep Sickness in New York: Intellectuals -- 5 The Cultural Cold War: Writers, Artists, Musicians, Filmmakers -- 6 The CIA on Campus: Students -- 7 The Truth Shall Make You Free: Women -- 8 Saving the World: Catholics -- 9 Into Africa: African Americans -- 10 Things Fall Apart: Journalists -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

Wilford provides the first comprehensive account of the clandestine relationship between the CIA and its front organizations. Using an unprecedented wealth of sources, he traces the rise and fall of America's Cold War front network from its origins in the 1940s to its Third World expansion during the 1950s and ultimate collapse in the 1960s.

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United States.-Central Intelligence Agency.
Intelligence service-United States.
Cold War.
Political culture-United States-History-20th century.
Public-private sector cooperation-United States-History-20th century.
United States-Politics and government-1945-1989.


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