The Zhivago affair : the Kremlin, the CIA, and the battle over a forbidden book / Peter Finn and Petra Couvée.

Draws on unique access to classified CIA files to document the role of Boris Pasternak's "Doctor Zhivago" in promoting American Cold War agendas in the 1950s, revealing how the CIA helped publish the Soviet-banned book in Russian to an enthusiastic black-market audience.

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Main Authors: Finn, Peter, 1962- (Author), Couvée, Petra (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York : Pantheon Books, [2014]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich, > 1890-1960. > Doktor Zhivago.
Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich, > 1890-1960 > Censorship.
United States. > Central Intelligence Agency > History > 20th century.
Authors, Russian > 20th century > Biography.
Dissenters > Soviet Union > Biography.
Prohibited books > Soviet Union > History.
Politics and literature > Soviet Union > History.
Zensur.
Veröffentlichung.
Soviet Union > Foreign relations > United States.
United States > Foreign relations > Soviet Union.
Soviet Union > Politics and government > 1953-1985.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Genre:
Biography.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Physical Description:352 pages ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Description
Summary:
Draws on unique access to classified CIA files to document the role of Boris Pasternak's "Doctor Zhivago" in promoting American Cold War agendas in the 1950s, revealing how the CIA helped publish the Soviet-banned book in Russian to an enthusiastic black-market audience.
Call Number:PG3476.P27 D6837 2014
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-335) and index.
ISBN:9780307908001 (hard cover : alkaline paper)
0307908003 (hard cover : alkaline paper)