Warriors of Disinformation How Lies, Videotape, and the USIA Won the Cold War

Name: Warriors of Disinformation How Lies, Videotape, and the USIA Won the Cold War
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ISBN: 9781611455168

ISBN-10: 1611455162

ISBN-13: 9781611455168

Edition: 2012

Authors: Alvin A. Snyder

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Have you ever thought about what really goes on behind the walls of the White House or the Pentagon? Particularly in times of political upheaval, it often seems that the government and the media work together to keep the voting public confused and distracted. In Warriors of Disinformation, Alvin A. Snyder, a former director of USIA’s Television and Film Service, reveals the various propaganda campaigns sent out by the United States during the Cold War, one of the most strained, uncertain times in American political history.Snyder examines the "shady" billion-dollar dealings dedicated to "an exaggerated version of the truth," and how President Reagan deceived the Soviets with well-plotted…

Book details

List price: $14.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/1/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.902
Language: English

Alvin A. Snyder was a senior executive with CBS and NBC, special assistant to President Nixon, and a high-ranking communications official in the Ford and Reagan administrations. Snyder's work has won him eleven Emmys, five AP awards, two International Film Festival awards, and a Grammy. He operates his own media consulting firm in Washington, D.C., and he and his wife, Anne, live in McLean, Virginia.



Preface


Acknowledgments



Letting Wick Be Wick



Toward a Public Diplomacy



Cranking Up the Volume



The Five-Minute Tape Gap



Casting Wide the Worldnet



Brilliant Pebbles, Ethnic Guns, and Baby Parts



Antenna Towers and Asparagus Stalks



That's Entertainment!



The Faustian Bargain



Clearing the Voice



VOA Follies



The Mujahideen Go to School



The Caudillo of Miami



"I'm Not a Pantywaist!"



Adventures in the Nanny Trade



Caught in the Smith-Mundt Act



Public Diplomacy Goes Private


Epilogue


Notes


Appendices


Index