THE CIA IN HOLLYWOOD
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The collapse of the Soviet Union (CCCP/USSR) that followed the civilian dismantling of the Berlin Wall (November 1989) and the destruction wrecked upon Russia and her population by the implementation of economic shock therapy (see Klein) during the pursuant 90s, ensured that the CIA, and perhaps America, had been left without an easily identifiable enemy. Indeed, with the demise of the Cold War, the CIA would now likely be required to alter their objectives. But alter how, and to what?
Noticeably, the post-cold war CIA soon established a public relations department that figured prominently in some new films being produced through Hollywood studios. And, these films, rather than attempt to persuade foreigners to accept and even appreciate western values, now tended to promote a particular view of the CIA as a clean, honest, industrious, morally guided outfit and to a domestic audience.
A wide survey in which many Hollywood films are cited and analysed. Non-fiction. 230 pages.
DETAILS:
Title: The CIA in Hollywood. How the Agency shapes film and television
Year: 2012
Author: Tricia Jenkins
Pages: 230
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