Western Anti-Communism and the Interdoc Network
Cold War Internationale
Published on 1. January 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
XVI, 388 pages
978-1-349-30676-3 (ISBN)
Description
Interdoc was established in 1963 by Western intelligence services as a multinational effort to coordinate an anti-communist offensive. Drawing on exclusive sources and the memories of its participants, this book charts Interdoc's campaign, the people and ideas that lay behind it and the rise and fall of this remarkable network during the Cold War.
Reviews / Votes
"Scott Smith explores in close detail the main protagonists and the tremendous wealth of initiatives undertaken by Interdoc." - Jost Dülffer, Archiv FÜR Sozialgeschichte (translated from original German review)
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Series
Edition
1st ed. 2012
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
XVI, 388 p.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
467 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-349-30676-3 (9781349306763)
DOI
10.1057/9781137284273
Schweitzer Classification
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Person
GILES SCOTT-SMITH is a Senior Researcher with the Roosevelt Study Center in Middelburg, the Netherlands. Since 2009 he has held the Ernst van der Beugel Chair in the Diplomatic History of Transatlantic Relations since WW II at Leiden University.
Content
List of Illustrations Series Preface Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction: The Communist Challenge Anti-Communism and PsyWar in the 1950s Building the Network A Dutch-German Cabal The European Web East-West Engagement and Interdoc Youth The Fallout from Ostpolitik Bringing the Americans Back In Interdoc Reconfigures - The 1970s and Detente Conclusion: Assessing the Legacy Bibliography Appendix I: Interdoc Conferences Appendix II: Interdoc Publications Appendix III: Interdoc Contacts in Eastern Europe Index