Experiment (A Journal of Russian Culture) Volume 8
editors John E. Bowlt and Nicoletta Misler
Institute of Modern Russian Culture Los Angeles
Published 2002 by Charles Schlacks Jr.
A useful book to seize some of the key issues in Moscow around Kandinsky (early ‘20s) - during the revolutionary period of art education experiments.
Movie Censorship and American Culture
by Stephen Vaughn
editor Francis G. Couvares
Published 1996 by Smithsonian Institution Press.
A interesting documentation of the individual views of the Hollywood 10.
My Silent War:
the autobiography of a spy
by Kim Philby
foreword by Graham Greene
Published 1968 by Grove Press
A page-turner of suppressed drama, with all sorts of comments relevant to today.
How NewYork Stole the Idea of Modern Art: abstract expressionism, freedom and the Cold War
by Serge Guilbaut
Published 1983 by University of Chicago Press.
Written when there was little available in the way of publishable facts re. the C.I.A. and art at a time when such discussion could incur career blight as chosen thesis subject.
Surrender on Demand
by Varian Fry
Published 1945 by Random House N.Y.
Recently re-printed in paperback - also version with good introduction by V.F.: his courage, intelligence and concern for those he left behind paint a self-portrait of an outstanding scarlet pimpernel.
Wrinkles in Time
by George Smoot and Keay Davidson
Published 1993 by William Morrow and Company, Inc. New York
This sole example from science (now far removed from any real contact with art after 50 years of Hidden Hands)... the idea the closer one gets to the moment of creation the simpler the elements become and the more accurate predictions for the future, found an echo in the need to work back to the origin of the creation of a CIA-compliant culture.
L’Art Abstrait:
ses origines et ses premiers maitres
Published 1949 by Maeght
Understanding Power
the indispensable Chomsky
editors Peter R. Mitchell and John Schoeffel
Published 2002 by The New Press, New York
Needs no introduction: carrying the task of all the missing intellectual leaders on his back. In art we have no-one (more muddy than science): his analytical method can be applied.
Forward Through the Rearview Mirror: reflections on and by Marshall McLuhan
by Paul Benedetti & Nancy Dehart
Published 1996 by Prentice-Hall, Canada Inc.
A haunting figure: it seems every generation discovers him anew for another interpretation.
Not Like Us
by Richard Pells
Published 1997 by Basic Books U.S. (Harper Collins)
This and “Piper” demonstrate how far apart is the thinking of US/UK publishing re books to finance... ditto authors’ take on Cold War culture.
Who Paid the Piper
The CIA and the Cultural Cold War
by Frances Stonor Saunders
published 1999 by Granta Book, London
Axed largely to London literati and immensely instructional re CIA cultural controllers (compare to V. Fry) with a real sense of moral outrage (from young investigator of today).
Hollywood be Thy Name
The Warner Brothers Story
by Cass Warner Sperling and Cork Millner
Published 1994 by Prima Publishing, Rocklin C.A.
Interesting in its background of rough and ready Hollywood moguls... whose attitude to incoming droves of highly-educated European talent must have been very mixed.
Good as Gold
by Joseph Heller
Published 1979 by Jonathan Cape, London
His intuitive grasp of any power situation is full of unexpected savage humour - in this he is allowed (U.K. publisher) repeated, often hilarious attacks on Kissinger. Written 1976
Off the Charts
by Bruce Haring
Published 1996 by A Birch Lane Press Book
Carol Publishing Group
U.S. pop-music people are way ahead in understanding the raw game - the biggest fish follow the money and their area created the highest-stakes pool table. Good analysis.