Transnational Anti-Communism and the Cold War: Agents, Activities, and Networks [Hardcover]

How was anti-communism organised in the West? This book covers the agents, aims, and arguments of various transnational anti-communist activists during the Cold War. Existing narratives often place the United States  and especially the CIA  at the centre of anti-communist activity. The book instead opens up new fields of research transnationally.Introduction (Luc van Dongen, St?phanie Roulin, Giles Scott-Smith) PART I: THE WURLITZER REVISITED 1. The American Society of African Culture: The CIA and Transnational Networks among African Diaspora Intellectuals; Hugh Wilford 2. The American Federation of Labor and the Nordic Non-Communist Left; Dino Knudsen 3. 'Brother Tronchet': A Swiss Trade Union Leader within the American Sphere of Influence; Luc van Dongen 4. 'Not an Ugly American': Sal Tas, a Dutch Reporter as Agent of the West in Africa; Tity de Vries PART II: TRANSNATIONAL NETWORKS 5. Paix et Libert?: The Formative Transnational Anti-Communist Network; Bernard Ludwig 6. Gathering the Exiles: The Assembly of Captive European Nations; Martin Nekola 7. The Formation and Mutations of the World Anti-Communist League; Pierre Abramovici 8. The Necessity of Going Transnational: The Role of Interdoc; Giles Scott-Smith 9. Brian Crozier and the Institute for the Study of Conflict; Jeff Michaels 10. Global Crusade against Communism: The Cercle during the 'Second Cold War'; Adrian H?nni PART III: INTELLECTUAL NETWORKS AND ANTI-TOTALITARIANISM 11. The Sovietology of J?zef M. Boche?ski: Transnational Activism from Switzerland, 1955-1965; Matthieu Gillabert 12. Suzanne Labin: An Atlanticist Anti-Communist Professional; Olivier Dard 13. The Mont Pelerin Society and the Rise of the Postwar Neoliberal Counter-Establishment; Niels Bjerre-Poulsen 14. Better Dead than Red: Wilhelm R?pke, a Neoliberal Anti-Communist; Jean Solchany PART IV: CHRISTIAN NETWORKS 15. Transnational Anti-Communist Fundamentalism: The International Council of Christian Churches; Markku Ruotsila 16. A ChristilƒE