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Western Michigan University

2008

Honors Theses

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Competing Visions: The Cia, The Congress For Cultural Freedom And The Non-Communist European Left, 1950-1967, Scott Kamen May 2008

Competing Visions: The Cia, The Congress For Cultural Freedom And The Non-Communist European Left, 1950-1967, Scott Kamen

Honors Theses

The purpose of this essay is to demonstrate that by utilizing cultural influence and adopting Silone's vision, the CCF was able to pursue the support of left-leaning European intellectuals, writers and artists who were often alienated by the policies of both the US and the USSR. The ability of the CCF to reach out to these individuals made it an extremely valuable asset to the CIA and contributed to the CIA's emerging strategy of promoting the NCL as a reliable anti-communist force that would come to be the theoretical foundation of the CIA's political operations against communism over the next …


Western Michigan University And The Community: A Collaboration, Ashley K. Owen Jan 2008

Western Michigan University And The Community: A Collaboration, Ashley K. Owen

Honors Theses

An Activity on Increasing Collaboration Within and Between Groups Through the Use of Weak Ties