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The Zhivago affair : the Kremlin, the CIA, and the battle over a forbidden book /

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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Finn, Peter, 1962-
Other Authors: Couvée, Petra.
Format: Book
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.
Soviet Union > Foreign relations > United States.
United States > Foreign relations > Soviet Union.
Soviet Union > Politics and government > 1953-1985.
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