
Cold War Deceptions
The Asia Foundation and the CIA
David H. Price(Author)
University of Washington Press
Published on 19. March 2024
Book
Hardback
358 pages
978-0-295-75223-5 (ISBN)
Description
Investigates how the CIA tried to influence scholars and governmentsDuring the early Cold War, the Central Intelligence Agency created dozens of funding fronts to support work that aligned with CIA goals, from clandestine operations and research to liberal anticommunist programs. While investigative journalists and congressional inquiries exposed many of these fronts, little is known about their daily internal workings.
With a specific focus on the 1950s and 1960s Asia Foundation, Cold War Deceptions provides a rare view into the bureaucratic functioning of a covert operation in which most employees did not know they were working for the CIA. Drawing on the foundation's extensive surviving archival records and thousands of pages of declassified CIA documents, David H. Price examines how the foundation, secretly created and funded by the CIA, tried to shape Asian political, economic, intellectual, and cultural developments during the early years of the Cold War. Uncovering how unwitting scholars were used to support pro-American and anticommunist positions, Price considers how political forces shaped disciplinary knowledge and how these past events connect to the present.
With a specific focus on the 1950s and 1960s Asia Foundation, Cold War Deceptions provides a rare view into the bureaucratic functioning of a covert operation in which most employees did not know they were working for the CIA. Drawing on the foundation's extensive surviving archival records and thousands of pages of declassified CIA documents, David H. Price examines how the foundation, secretly created and funded by the CIA, tried to shape Asian political, economic, intellectual, and cultural developments during the early years of the Cold War. Uncovering how unwitting scholars were used to support pro-American and anticommunist positions, Price considers how political forces shaped disciplinary knowledge and how these past events connect to the present.
Reviews / Votes
"Supported by several deep-dives into newly released archives, David Price's Cold War Deceptions is a vigorous and unsparing critique of a single CIA front organization, the Asia Foundation. . . [A]n important window into the CIA's past and should be required reading." * Critical Asian Studies * "Employing declassified CIA documents, TAF archives, and additional sources, anthropologist Davd H. Price provides a well-researched, thought-provoking history of TAF, focusing on the high Cold War years of 1951 to 1967." * Pacific Affairs * "Cold War Deceptions reveals that the Asia Foundation had a significant impact on academic scholarship, cultural life, political expression, and economic development not only within Asia, but also in the United States and beyond. In addition, it provides remarkable detail about how TAF contributed to intelligence gathering and covert operations in Asia." * Diplomatic History *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Seattle
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Illustrations
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Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
767 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-295-75223-5 (9780295752235)
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Person
David H. Price is professor of anthropology and sociology at Saint Martin's University. His previous books include Cold War Anthropology: The CIA, the Pentagon, and the Growth of Dual Use Anthropology.