Western Anti-Communism and the Interdoc Network: Cold War Internationale

by Giles Scott-Smith

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349306763
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/01/2012
Series:	Palgrave Macmillan Transnational History Series
Edition description:	1st ed. 2012
Pages:	388
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

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

Editorial Reviews

"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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