Western Anti-Communism and the Interdoc Network: Cold War Internationale (Palgrave Macmillan Transnational History Series)

Interdoc was established in 1963 by Western intelligence services as a multinational effort to coordinate an anti-communist offensive. Drawing on exclusive sources and the memories of its participants, this book charts Interdoc's campaign, the people and ideas that lay behind it and the rise and fall of this remarkable network during the Cold War. Interdoc was established in 1963 by Western intelligence services as a multinational effort to coordinate an anti-communist offensive. Based in The Hague in the Netherlands, Interdoc sought to link up with allies across Western Europe, North America and beyond to become the central point through which anti-communism - ranging from propaganda to covert action - could be organised. Drawing on exclusive sources, never-before-released material, and the memories of its participants, this book charts Interdoc's remarkable campaign, the people and ideas that lay behind it, and its rise and fall during the Cold War Front Matter....Pages i-xvi Introduction: The Communist Challenge....Pages 1-12 Anti-Communism and PsyWar in the 1950s....Pages 13-43 Building the Network....Pages 44-84 A Dutch-German Cabal....Pages 85-107 The European Web....Pages 108-133 East-West Engagement and Interdoc Youth....Pages 134-167 The Fallout from Ostpolitik ....Pages 168-188 Bringing the Americans Back In....Pages 189-208 Interdoc Reconfigures: The 1970s and Détente....Pages 209-242 Conclusion: Assessing the Legacy....Pages 243-249 Back Matter....Pages 250-356