The Mighty Wurlitzer
by Hugh Wilford · first published 2008
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…evaluate ourselves. We’re left shadowboxing one another and arguing in the dark about problems, the size of which we can’t identify." Suggested reading: > "The detailed and engrossing 2008 book, The Mighty Wurlitzer: How the CIA Played America, by Hugh Wilford investigates the CIA’s ideological struggle from 1947 to 1967 to win “hearts and minds” for US capitalism and to prosecute the Cold War." That effort to control…
on “Nobody Knows What's Happening Online Anymore” ↗Talbot's book is top notch, if you've read it you have a huge head start. I haven't read "The Mighty Wurlitzer", so thank you for the addition to the "to read" list. I would probably suggest Fletcher Prouty's "The Secret Team: The CIA and Its Allies in Control of the United States and the World". Another more…
on “The CIA's Quest for Mind Control: Torture, LSD and a 'Poisoner in Chief'” ↗…reference the "wurlizter" line. The book by Hugh Wilford on exactly that topic was excellent and the bibliography in the back was a gold mine on art, intellectuals, labor fronts, etc. www.amazon.com/The-Mighty-Wurlitzer-Played-America/dp/067403256X/ The Cultural Cold War by Saunders is, as far as I know, the best main stream scholarship on specifically the art scene. EDIT: ....and I'm an idiot. Saunders is the author…
on “How the CIA Helped Produce 'Zero Dark Thirty'” ↗"The Devil's Chessboard" and "The Mighty Wurlitzer" are the two books I'm most familiar with on this topic, but I'd be curious to hear any specific recommendations you have as well.
on “The CIA's Quest for Mind Control: Torture, LSD and a 'Poisoner in Chief'” ↗