A Covert Action: Reagan, the Cia, and the Cold War Struggle in Poland - Softcover

Jones, Seth G.

 
9780393357936: A Covert Action: Reagan, the Cia, and the Cold War Struggle in Poland

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In 1981, the Soviet-backed Polish government declared martial law to crush a budding democratic opposition movement. Moscow and Washington were on a collision course. It was the most significant crisis of Ronald Reagan’s fledgling presidency. Reagan authorized a covert CIA operation codenamed QRHELPFUL to support dissident groups, particularly the trade union Solidarity. The CIA provided money that helped Solidarity print newspapers, broadcast radio programs, and conduct an information campaign against the government.A Covert Action

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Seth G. Jones is the senior vice president, Harold Brown Chair, and director of the International Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), as well as the author of Three Dangerous Men, A Covert Action, In the Graveyard of Empires, and Hunting in the Shadows. He lives outside of Washington, DC.

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ISBN 10:  0393247007 ISBN 13:  9780393247008
Verlag: W W NORTON & CO, 2018
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