Puddington Arch. Broadcasting freedom: the Cold War triumph of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty

Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2000. — XX, 382 p. — ISBN: 0-8131-2158-2.This book tells the story of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty from 1949, when planning for RFE got underway, until the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War in 1991. Concentrating on the evolving role of the two radios (with a greater focus on RFE) in America’s Cold War strategy, it explores the relationship between the radios and American intelligence and recounts the extensive efforts of foreign intelligence services to infiltrate and subvert both stations. It also reveals how RFE and RL were affected by the "liberation" doctrine of the early 1950s, which called for the United States to roll back Soviet power in Eastern Europe; the era of "peaceful coexistence"; the rise of the New Left; the collapse of the anti-Communist foreign policy consensus; the onset of détente and Ostpolitik; and the more muscular policies instituted by the Reagan administration."It Will Be Seen Who Is Right".
Crusade for Freedom.
"The Mills of God Grind Slowly".
"We Tore a Big Hole in the Iron Curtain".
Right-Wingers and Revanchists.
Revolution in Hungary and Crisis at Radio Free Europe.
Peaceful Coexistence.
"The Iron Curtain Was Not Soundproof".
August 21, 1968.
From Liberation to Liberty.
The Perils of Ostpolitik.
Senator Fulbright’s Crusade.
Frequency Wars.
Bombs, Spies, Poisoned Umbrellas.
The Reagan Years.
Victory.