{"product_id":"finks-how-the-c-i-a-tricked-the-worlds-best-writers-hardcover","title":"Finks: How the C.I.A. Tricked the World's Best Writers - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoel Whitney\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen news broke that the CIA had colluded with literary magazines to produce cultural propaganda throughout the Cold War, a debate began that has never been resolved. The story continues to unfold, with the reputations of some of America's best-loved literary figures--including Peter Matthiessen, George Plimpton, and Richard Wright--tarnished as their work for the intelligence agency has come to light. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinks\u003c\/i\u003e is a tale of two CIAs, and how they blurred the line between propaganda and literature. One CIA created literary magazines that promoted American and European writers and cultural freedom, while the other toppled governments, using assassination and censorship as political tools. Defenders of the \"cultural\" CIA argue that it should have been lauded for boosting interest in the arts and freedom of thought, but the two CIAs had the same undercover goals, and shared many of the same methods: deception, subterfuge and intimidation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinks\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates how the good-versus-bad CIA is a false divide, and that the cultural Cold Warriors again and again used anti-Communism as a lever to spy relentlessly on leftists, and indeed writers of all political inclinations, and thereby pushed U.S. democracy a little closer to the Soviet model of the surveillance state.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoel Whitney\u003c\/b\u003e is a cofounder and editor at large of \u003ci\u003eGuernica: A Magazine of Art \u0026amp; Politics\u003c\/i\u003e. His writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New Republic, Boston Review, The San Francisco Chronicle, Dissent, Salon\u003c\/i\u003e, NPR, \u003ci\u003eNew York Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Sun\u003c\/i\u003e. With photographer Brett Van Ort, he co-wrote the 2013 TED Talks ebook on landmine eradication, \u003ci\u003eMinescape\u003c\/i\u003e. His poetry has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review, The Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAgni\u003c\/i\u003e. His Salon essay on \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e and the Congress for Cultural Freedom was a Notable in the \u003ci\u003e2013 Best American Essays\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.3 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 10, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53755461566797,"sku":"9781944869137","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/L3JBN3BCS1lGRzM1VHdGbjZBZU1KQT09.webp?v=1776718976","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/finks-how-the-c-i-a-tricked-the-worlds-best-writers-hardcover","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}