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9780271018690

Sparks of Liberty : An Insider's Memoir of Radio Liberty

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  • ISBN13:

    9780271018690

  • ISBN10:

    0271018690

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1999-03-01
  • Publisher: Pennsylvania State Univ Pr
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Summary

During the Cold War, one of America's most powerful weapons struck a major blow against tyranny every day over the airwaves. Radio Liberty became a critical source of information for listeners within the Soviet Union, broadcasting in Russian and more than a dozen other languages, and covering all aspects of Soviet life.

Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix(4)
INTRODUCTION xiii
1 RADIO LIBERTY'S CONCEPTION AND BIRTH
1(12)
2 WE ARE ON THE AIR!
13(14)
3 THE SPARKS BEGIN TO KINDLE
27(14)
4 A BRIDGE OF IDEAS BETWEEN WEST AND EAST
41(14)
5 KHRUSHCHEV RELEASES THE ANTI-STALIN GENIE
55(26)
6 LIBERATION TO LIBERTY
81(20)
7 PROGRAMS AND CONFERENCES IN THE 1960S
101(16)
8 THE MUNICH YEARS, 1966-1970
117(14)
9 RADIO LIBERTY'S COVER IS BLOWN
131(20)
10 THE TRANSITION PERIOD, 1971-1975
151(18)
11 FROM STAGNATION TO GLASNOST AND PERESTROIKA, 1976-1985
169(26)
12 THE SOVIET ERA DRAWS TO A CLOSE
195(20)
13 FROM GORBACHEV TO YELTSIN
215(22)
14 RADIO LIBERTY IN THE NEW ERA OF FREEDOM
237(28)
APPENDIX 265(10)
NOTES 275(16)
BIBLIOGRAPHY 291(6)
INDEX 297

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