Warriors of disinformation : American propaganda, Soviet lies, and the winning of the Cold War / Alvin A. Snyder.

Acknowledgments 1: Letting Wick Be Wick -- Page 1 2: Toward a Public Diplomacy -- Page 12 3: Cranking Up the Volume -- Page 31 4: Five-Minute Tape Gap -- Page 43 5: Casting Wide the Worldnet -- Page 73 6: Brilliant Pebbles, Ethnic Guns, and Baby Parts -- Page 93 7: Antenna Towers and Asparagus Stalks -- Page 126 8: That's Entertainment! -- Page 143 9: Faustian Bargain -- Page 155 10: Clearing the Voice -- Page 164 11: VOA Follies -- Page 186 12: Mujahideen Go to School -- Page 203 13: Caudillo of Miami -- Page 220 14: "I'm Not a Pantywaist!" -- Page 243 15: Adventures in the Nanny Trade -- Page 251 16: Caught in the Smith-Mundt Act -- Page 261 17: Public Diplomacy Goes Private -- Page 267 Epilogue -- Page 275 Notes -- Page 277 Appendices -- Page 303 Index -- Page 309

"Truth, so the saying goes, is war's first casualty. It follows that propaganda would be its first offspring." "Founded during the early years of the cold war, the United States Information Agency is America's purveyor of propaganda and "disinformation" - a euphemism favored by the government during the 1980s. Using its broadcast vehicles (such as the Voice of America), the USIA tells the world what the American government wants the world to know." "Warriors of Disinformation is a scrupulous, honest, and fascinating account of what we have been missing all these years. Snyder reveals both the high-minded principles and the lowbrow comedy and establishes the credit that disinformation's warriors deserve for helping to bring an end to the cold war."--BOOK JACKET.