| Description |
ix, 256 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Overture: The Vexing "Mr. X" 1 -- The two visions of George F. Kennan -- I -- An Iron Curtain Over Europe -- 1 Nazis and Communists 11 -- "People of whom we know nothing" unilateral disarmament of -- intelligence the secret of "Wild Bill" Russians: allies -- or enemies? Germans: enemies or allies? the "rat line" -- 2 Resistance 32 -- Crackly radio signals from the Baltics to the Balkans the -- Forest Brothers Romania's load of plenty Hungary's -- Scarlet Pimpernel "bandits" from Ukraine bothersome -- Russian emigres -- Ii -- Washington At Peace -- 3 Liberals and Conservatives 53 -- Ideological ferment in a sleepy town an unwelcome visitor -- unwelcome testimony the FBI finds new bearings against -- communism the public perplexed -- 4 "Did I Do Right?" 69 -- The president perplexed a New Dealer visits Moscow -- clandestine operatives in action political -- operatives in action -- Iii -- Political Warfare -- 5 Kennan's Design 87 -- The Soviet enemy discovered the Long Telegram Truman -- reaches out Kennan conceives -- a plan NSC 10/2 -- 6 The Secret Game 100 -- A special agency hidden within the government an expansive -- Frank Wisner money: "the heart and soul of covert -- operations" Congress looks the other way -- Iv -- Guerrillas, Sabotage, And Subversion -- 7 Starting with Intellectuals 121 -- "Organization X" emigres in harness fussing and feuding -- in exile Mike Josselson and the Congress -- for Cultural Freedom -- 8 Into Battle 144 -- Is there a "CIA type"? Frank Lindsay, the businessman -- William Sloan Coffin, the divinity student Michael Burke, the -- entrepreneur failing the test case in Albania -- 9 Combat High and Low 164 -- Blowback from Romania low-flying unmarked planes -- parachute drops arrests, accusations, denials deception -- in Poland mischief in Ukraine the perils and travails of -- the NTS -- V -- Aftermath -- 10 Anticommunism on the Hustings 193 -- "Liberating the Captive Nations" the FBI turns against the -- White House ethnic politics the troublesome Congressman -- Kersten John Foster Dulles takes power Kennan is moved out -- 11 Legacy 211 -- Rollback frays at the edges and at the core restraint in -- Berlin in Hungary a devastating verdict on covert -- action Glasnost and Rollback -- Notes on Sources 225 -- Author's Note 241 -- Index 245 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Kennan, George F. (George Frost), 1904-2005.
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Cold War.
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Espionage, American -- Communist countries -- History.
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Sabotage -- Communist countries -- History.
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Subversive activities -- Communist countries -- History.
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140115
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USSR -- Foreign relations -- United States.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125763
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United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140098
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United States -- Foreign relations http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140058 -- Communist countries.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85029173
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Communist countries -- Foreign relations http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh87002372 -- United States.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78095330
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| LC no. |
99089830 |
| ISBN |
0395516064 |
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