In Secrecy's Shadow: The OSS and CIA in Hollywood Cinema 1941-1979

ISBN-13: 9780748692996 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 320 str.

Willmetts, Simon

Opis

Drawing on extensive archival research, In Secrecy's Shadow explores the revolution in the relationship between Hollywood and the secret state, from unwavering trust and cooperation to extreme scepticism and paranoia.

Spis treści

Introduction; One: The Facts of War: Cinematic Intelligence and the Office of Strategic Services; Two: What is Past is Prologue: Hollywood’s History of OSS and the Establishment of the CIA; Three; Quiet Americans: The CIA and Hollywood in the Early Cold War; Four: The Death of the “Big Lie” and the Emergence of Postmodern Incredulity in the Spy Cinema of the 1960s; Five: Secrecy, Conspiracy, Cinema and the CIA in the 1970s; Conclusion; Filmography; Bibliography