Patriotic Betrayal: The Inside Story of the CIA's Secret Campaign to Enroll American Students in the Crusade Against Communism

Patriotic Betrayal: The Inside Story of the CIA's Secret Campaign to Enroll American Students in the Crusade Against Communism
ISBN-10
0300205082
ISBN-13
9780300205084
Category
Political Science
Pages
527
Language
English
Published
2015-01-01
Publisher
Yale University Press
Author
Karen M. Paget

Description

Asserts that the CIA turned the National Student Association into an intelligence asset during the Cold War, with students used—often wittingly and sometimes unwittingly—as undercover agents inside America and abroad.

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