Review
PSYWAR ON CUBA Psywar on Cuba is an absolutely fascinating recounting of U.S. government chicanery, incompetence, and malfeasance in its dealings not only with Cuba but also the American people. Author and compiler Jon Elliston weaves together insightful background and interpretation with a wealth of revealing declassified documents to produce the single most important history of this notorious propaganda campaign. Although the book is specifically about Cuba, it is must reading for all those interested in U.S. international communication policy and propaganda in any part of the world. -- Dr. John S. Nichols, Pennsylvania State University College of Communications
PSYWAR ON CUBA Newly declassified CIA and U.S. government documents are reproduced here for the first time, exposing a 40-year campaign by Washington to use psychological warfare and propaganda to destabilize Cuba and undermine its revolution.
The Cuban people have been the target for one of the largest psychological warfare campaigns ever waged by one country against another. This book details the U.S. psywar efforts, overt and covert, which have included rumor campaigns, posters, newspapers, books, comics, newsreels, leaflet drops, and radio and TV broadcasts from airplanes, blimps, boats, submarines, secluded islands and the U.S. mainland.
As a comprehensive record of the political, legal and strategic aspects of this four-decade long, multi-million dollar propaganda barrage, the book will serve as a valuable case study and reference for teachers and students of political science, Cold War history, media studies and international communication.
Hundreds of pages of previously secret documents are included in this unique and stunning contribution to the literature on U.S. foreign policy and anti-Castro covert operations. -- The publisher, ocean_press@msn.com.au , December 31, 1998
