Soviet russia, a powerful argument for the buck literature and entering into the canon of the cia role in shaping the culture. In the new reporting on the agencys distribution of the book behind enemy lines, the authors showed how both sides in the cold war used the literary prestige as a weapon without resorting to the chief moral equivalency. This is a fascinating story to me. And i have never seen another article, another work which actually describes the way that intelligence activities were able to use culture, and in this particular case literature as a tool in the cold war. So without further ado i would like for peter to come up and tell you about his book itself. [applause] thank you for inviting me. I really appreciate the opportunity to speak to you and into Early September 1958 copies of the russian language edition of doctor zhivago appeared on the grounds of the brussels worlds fair. It is a was a very fine addition substantial bound and blue linen and it was also very od
Chinas remote regions in the emperor far away travels at the edge of china. And in blood aces, doug swanson, investigative project editor at the dallas morning news, recounts how the late casino owner, benny binion, helped shape current day las vegas. Look for these titles in bookstores this coming week and watch for the authors in the near future on booktv and on booktv. Org. Starting now on booktv, peter finn talks about the publishing history of Boris Pasternaks dr. Zhivago. The manuscript of the book which was banned in the soviet union because of its critical depiction of the 1917 revolution was smuggled out of the country in 1956 and published widely around the world. The cia, recognizing the ideological value of the book, published a russianlanguage version and smuggled it back into the soviet union where it was sold on the black market and became an underground hit. This is about half an hour. Hi. Its a great pleasure today to introduce a distinguished writer. As you have, no d
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Austrian writer stefan zweig said that the war had affected him deeply. All the pale horses of the apocalypse have stormed into my life revolution and famine terror epidemics and the nationalism that has poisoned the flowering of our european culture. An estimated forty Million People were killed in the wall entire towns and villages were destroyed some farm fields were polluted by poison gas. Large amounts of unexploded ordnance posed a real threat to life and limb. These materials including artillery shells had to be removed by hand. These farmers are clearing away munitions in the peak of the region of france. People simply tried to make the best of a bad situation. The. French authorities ordered captured german soldiers to clear minefields a clear violation of the hague conventions which outlined the basic rights of prisoners. During the war france captured more than three hundred thousand german troops. In which coulter was sent to a prisoner of war camp at sweet dung. They seem