Cold War Radio - The Dangerous History of American Broadcasting in Europe, 1950-1989 (Paperback)

During the Cold War, Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty broadcast uncensored news and commentary to people living in communist nations. As critical elements of the CIA's early covert activities against communist regimes in Eastern Europe, the Munich-based stations drew a large audience despite efforts to jam the broadcasts and ban citizens from listening to them. This history of the stations in the Cold War era reveals the perils their staff faced from the Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Romania and other communist states. It recounts in detail the murder of writer Georgi Markov, the 1981 bombing of the stations by "Carlos the Jackal," infiltration by KGB agent Oleg Tumanov and other events. Appendices include security reports, letters between Carlos the Jackal and German terrorist Johannes Weinrich and other documents, many of which have never been published.

General

Imprint:	McFarland & Company
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2009
First published:	March 2009
Authors:	Richard H. Cummings
Dimensions:	150 x 226 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	320
ISBN-13:	978-0-7864-4138-9
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Media, information & communication industries > Radio & television industry
LSN:	0-7864-4138-0
Barcode:	9780786441389

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