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The Truth Shall Set You Free: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in the Cold War

January 27, 2023
The Truth Shall Set You Free: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in the Cold War
The Truth Shall Set You Free: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in the Cold War

The Truth Shall Set You Free: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in the Cold War

Mark Pomar and Kiril Avramov
January 27, 2023

On this week’s episode of Horns of a Dilemma Clement Center Senior National Security Fellow Mark Pomar, who helped to oversee the Russian language broadcasts of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty during the Cold War, discusses his book, Cold War Radio: The Russian Broadcasts of Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Pomar is joined by Professor Kiril Avramov in a great discussion of both how the Russian language broadcasts helped to advance American interests, and how information figures in contemporary conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine.  This event was held at the University of Texas, Austin in October 2022.

 

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