Radio Free Europe’s “Crusade for Freedom”: Rallying Americans Behind Cold War Broadcasting, 1950–1960From 1950 to 1960, millions of Americans participated in Radio Free Europe’s “Crusade for Freedom.” They signed “Freedom Scrolls” and “Freedom Grams,” attended Crusader meetings, marched in parades, launched leaflet-carrying balloons, and donated Truth Dollars in support of the American effort to broadcast news and other programming to the peoples of communist-governed European countries. The Crusade for Freedom proved to be a powerful tool of the state-private network’s anti-communist agenda. This book takes an in-depth look at the Crusade for Freedom, revealing how its unmatched pageantry of patriotism led to the creation of a dynamic movement involving not only the government but also private industry, mass media, academia, religious leaders, and average Americans. |
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Table des matières
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6 How YOU Can Help Fight Communism | 116 |
10 Truth Broadcasts Bowling and Harlem Globetrotters | 177 |
11 Concluding the Crusade for Freedom | 193 |
Appendix A | 209 |
Appendix B | 211 |
Appendix C | 215 |
Appendix D | 217 |
Appendix E | 219 |
Chapter Notes | 233 |
7 Newspaper Boys and Balloons Against Communists | 135 |
8 The One Thing the Iron Curtain Cant Keep OutTRUTH | 148 |
9 Freedom Is Not Free | 161 |
Selected Bibliography | 245 |
Index | 249 |
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Radio Free Europe's "Crusade for Freedom": Rallying Americans Behind Cold ... Richard H. Cummings Aucun aperçu disponible - 2010 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
activities Advertising Council Allen Dulles American Heritage Foundation announced approved Arthur Page Collection balloon launching Berlin Board of Directors budget C.D. Jackson captive carried Committee for Free Communism Communist contributions Cord Meyer corporate countries Crusade campaign Crusade for Free Crusade for Freedom Crusade’s Czechoslovakia December DeWitt Poole Europe and Radio Europe’s Executive Committee exile February film Frank Wisner Free Europe Committee Free Europe Press free world Freedom Bell Freedom Scrolls Freedom-Gram fund-raising funds Germany Heritage Foundation hope Hungarian Hungary Ibid included Iron Curtain January leaflets letter Liberty Lucius Clay Lucius D luncheon March meeting millions Munich National Committee NCFE newspaper newspaperboys November October operation organization photograph propaganda Radio Free Asia Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty radio stations RFE’s RFE/RL Collection sent September sign the Freedom Soviet television transmitter Trippers Truth Broadcast Truth Dollars U.S. Government United Washington wrote York
