Western Corporations and Covert Operations in the early Cold War

This book examines the Vogeler/Sanders espionage case that ruptured ties between the US and UK and Hungary in 1949, and analyses this as an example of Western covert operations in the early Cold War.

Autorentext

Margaret Murányi Manchester is an Associate Professor of History at Providence College, Providence, RI, where she teaches courses in modern American and diplomatic history, with a special focus on the Cold War.

Inhalt

Introduction 1. Western Businesses in post-World War II Hungary: It Might be a Losing Game, but there was still a chance that we could win 2. Anglo-American Efforts to Secure the Release of Vogeler and Sanders: No Lever Powerful Enough 3. Anglo-American Operations against Hungary: By All Means Short of War 4. The Religious Cold War: The Anticommunist Crusade and Charlie Kersten's War 5. Domestic Politics, Citizens held Hostage by Hostile Regimes, and the Rest of the Story Conclusions