{"product_id":"in-secrecys-shadow-simon-willmetts-9781474425940","title":"In Secrecy's Shadow: The OSS and CIA in Hollywood Cinema 1941-1979","description":"\u003cp\u003eDuring the Second World War hundreds of Hollywood filmmakers under the command of the legendary director John Ford enlisted in the OSS to produce training, reconnaissance and propaganda films. This wartime bond continued into the post-war period, when a number of studios produced films advocating the creation of a permanent peacetime successor to the OSS: what became the Central Intelligence Agency. By the 1960s however, Hollywood's increasingly irreverent attitude towards the CIA reflected a growing public anxiety about excessive US government secrecy. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn Secrecy's Shadow\u003c\/em\u003e provides the first comprehensive history of the birth and development of Hollywood's relationship with American intelligence. It takes an interdisciplinary approach, synthesizing literatures and methodologies from diplomatic history, film studies and cultural theory, and it presents new perspectives on a number of major filmmakers including Darryl F. Zanuck, Alfred Hitchcock and John Ford.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBased on research conducted in over 20 archival repositories across the United States and UK, \u003cem\u003eIn Secrecy's Shadow\u003c\/em\u003e explores the revolution in the relationship between Hollywood and the secret state, from unwavering trust and cooperation to extreme scepticism and paranoia, and demonstrates the debilitating effects of secrecy upon public trust in government and the stability of national memory.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon Willmetts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1474425941\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781474425940\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.90d","brand":"Simon Willmetts","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43935511609599,"sku":"9781474425940","price":37.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_99e69559-db47-4c2c-8144-57589b31305b.jpg?v=1681420222","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/in-secrecys-shadow-simon-willmetts-9781474425940","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}