Cold War Radio: The Dangerous History of American Broadcasting in Europe, 1950-1989 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780786441389)

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.

Author: Richard H. Cummings
ISBN-10: 0786441380
ISBN-13: 9780786441389
Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
Language: English
Published: 03/17/2009
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 12/01/2009
Reference and Research Bk News 11/01/2009 pg. 118