Western Anti-Communism and the Interdoc Network

GILES SCOTT-SMITH is a Senior Researcher with the Roosevelt Study Center in Middelburg, the Netherlands. Since 2009 he has held the Ernst van der Beugel Chair in the Diplomatic History of Transatlantic Relations since WW II at Leiden University.

• List of Illustrations Series Preface Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction: The Communist Challenge Anti-Communism and PsyWar in the 1950s Building the Network A Dutch-German Cabal The European Web East-West Engagement and Interdoc Youth The Fallout from Ostpolitik Bringing the Americans Back In Interdoc Reconfigures – The 1970s and Detente Conclusion: Assessing the Legacy Bibliography Appendix I: Interdoc Conferences Appendix II: Interdoc Publications Appendix III: Interdoc Contacts in Eastern Europe Index

"Scott Smith explores in close detail the main protagonists and the tremendous wealth of initiatives undertaken by Interdoc." - Jost Dulffer, Archiv FUR Sozialgeschichte (translated from original German review)