It is the early Cold War. The Soviet Union appears to be in irresistible ascendance; and moves to exploit the Olympic Games as a vehicle for promoting international communism. In response; the United States conceives a subtle; far-reaching psychological warfare campaign to blunt the Soviet advance. Drawing on newly declassified materials and archives; Toby C. Rider chronicles how the US government used the Olympics to promote democracy and its own policy aims during the tense early phase of the Cold War. Rider shows how the government; though constrained by traditions against interference in the Games; eluded detection by cooperating with private groups; including secretly funded émigré organizations bent on liberating their home countries from Soviet control. At the same time; the United States appropriated Olympic host cities to hype the American economic and political system while; behind the scenes; the government attempted clandestine manipulation of the International Olympic Committee. Rider also details the campaigns that sent propaganda materials around the globe as the United States mobilized culture in general; and sports in particular; to fight the communist threat.
#1307327 in Books Frederick E Hoxie Jay T Nelson 2007-11-05Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.00 x 1.00 x 6.00l; 1.33 #File Name: 0252074858376 pagesLewis and Clark and the Indian Country The Native American Perspective
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Great book for those interested in Native American studiesBy RichardGreat book for getting the other side of the story. Most literature referencing the Lewis and Clark expedition is from the perspective of colonialism. This book uncovers the Native American perspective.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Excellent... very worth the Readers' timeBy 5/0"Lewis Clark and the Indian Countryâ€: The Native American Perspective edited by Frederick E. Hoxie and Jay T. Nelson Being a “perspectiveâ€; this work naturally includes insights to be contemplated and bias to be criticized. The insights in this book are ample; important; thought-provoking; and deserve plenty of contemplation. The bias is chiefly the age-old “White equals Bad; Red equals Noble†bigotry and hypocrisy that has characterized the writings of Indians and their allies forever. That is to say it is “old news†and should be set aside in order to glean the most from the insights. I’m certain the reader will agree that the editors have done an admirable job of cutting through the mythology of the Lewis Clark expedition. In doing so; they have brought the reader to a vantage point that puts the expedition and its’ impact into “3-Dâ€; so to speak. It’s like they’ve “IMAX’ed†the Corps of Discovery and its’ place in the real America of 1803-06. But I don’t want to spoil the fun… except; perhaps; to say this… The editors seem to have undergone an epiphany of sorts – a realization of the unseen impact Red/White contact then; and since and now. They seem to sense that; in spite of its’ twisted; twining path over the passed century; the Life of the native peoples is still in them. They are still Themselves. The 21st chapter; titled “Language Preservation†recognizes Language as the soul of a People (“cultureâ€; if you will) and comes closest to articulating that epiphany. In fact; the reader might do well to read that chapter first and then go back and read the book through. And; in fact; White readers might do very well to ponder whether all American citizens need to achieve a similar epiphany about our lives too. Our national government is doing many of the same things to all of us that it did to indigenous Americans in the 1900s; especially with regards to our children.
