Under the Radar : Tracking Western Radio Listeners in the Soviet Union
Western democracy is currently under attack by a resurgent Russia, weaponizing new technologies and social media. How to respond? During the Cold War, the West fought off similar Soviet propaganda assaults with shortwave radio broadcasts. Founded in 1949, the US-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Libert...
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Central European University Press
2022
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