Ismail
19th February 2009, 13:30
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Who was Kahn? Well, he was a Socialist, Anti-Fascist, and journalist born in 1912. He died in 1979. In between this period he made various, awesome books which were well sourced (via their bibliographies) and very informative. Good thing is, most of them are online.
The Great Conspiracy: The Secret War Against Soviet Russia (http://www.shunpiking.com/books/GC/)
This is my favorite book from him. Written in 1946, it goes into detail, from 1917-1945, about how various nations and groups tried to sabotage, overthrow, or generally block the Soviet Union from various actions ranging from foreign policy to even its basic existence. The book in general should be required reading on the subject IMO.
High Treason: The Plot Against the People (http://www.archive.org/details/hightreasonplota00kahnrich)
This is another great book. Unlike the U.S.S.R., this one focuses on the sabotage and destruction of the American Socialist (and Communist) movements starting from 1917. It also goes into the 1940's but I haven't read that far. I'm pretty sure everyone here will like this book. It was written in 1950.
The Game of Death: Effects of the Cold War on Our Children (http://www.shunpiking.com/books/GOD/)
I've read little of this, but it seems to be about not only the culture of paranoia that surrounded the 40's-50's period of the Cold War, but also race relations, the way the Cold War is marketed towards kids, etc. A good read. Written in 1953.
The rest of his books do not seem to be online, but after 1945 they don't seem as interesting. These are:
Sabotage! The Secret War Against America (1942)
The Plot Against the Peace: A Warning to the Nation! (1945)
McCarthy on Trial (1954)
Days With Ulanova: A Unique Pictorial Portrait of the Great Russian Ballerina (1962)
Smetana and the Beatles: A Fairy Tale for Adults (1967)
Joys and Sorrows: Pablo Casals, His Own Story as Told by Albert E. Kahn (1970)
The Unholy Hymnal: Falsities and Delusions Rendered by President Richard M. Nixon [and Others] (1971)
The Matusow Affair: Memoir of a National Scandal (1987, posthumous)
Wiki:
Albert E. Kahn was an outspoken critic of the Cold War, the McCarthy era, and the Vietnam War. A socialist, he described himself as a "radical in the tradition of Jack London". During a period when many were intimidated by government efforts to suppress dissent, Kahn actively sought ways to communicate his views to the public at large. "As far as I was concerned, I was acting in the American tradition of Thomas Jefferson and Thomas Paine and the framers of the Constitution", Kahn said in an interview shortly before his death. "The idea of any government telling me that I owe unequivocal allegiance to it is the most repugnant thing on earth."
Who was Kahn? Well, he was a Socialist, Anti-Fascist, and journalist born in 1912. He died in 1979. In between this period he made various, awesome books which were well sourced (via their bibliographies) and very informative. Good thing is, most of them are online.
The Great Conspiracy: The Secret War Against Soviet Russia (http://www.shunpiking.com/books/GC/)
This is my favorite book from him. Written in 1946, it goes into detail, from 1917-1945, about how various nations and groups tried to sabotage, overthrow, or generally block the Soviet Union from various actions ranging from foreign policy to even its basic existence. The book in general should be required reading on the subject IMO.
High Treason: The Plot Against the People (http://www.archive.org/details/hightreasonplota00kahnrich)
This is another great book. Unlike the U.S.S.R., this one focuses on the sabotage and destruction of the American Socialist (and Communist) movements starting from 1917. It also goes into the 1940's but I haven't read that far. I'm pretty sure everyone here will like this book. It was written in 1950.
The Game of Death: Effects of the Cold War on Our Children (http://www.shunpiking.com/books/GOD/)
I've read little of this, but it seems to be about not only the culture of paranoia that surrounded the 40's-50's period of the Cold War, but also race relations, the way the Cold War is marketed towards kids, etc. A good read. Written in 1953.
The rest of his books do not seem to be online, but after 1945 they don't seem as interesting. These are:
Sabotage! The Secret War Against America (1942)
The Plot Against the Peace: A Warning to the Nation! (1945)
McCarthy on Trial (1954)
Days With Ulanova: A Unique Pictorial Portrait of the Great Russian Ballerina (1962)
Smetana and the Beatles: A Fairy Tale for Adults (1967)
Joys and Sorrows: Pablo Casals, His Own Story as Told by Albert E. Kahn (1970)
The Unholy Hymnal: Falsities and Delusions Rendered by President Richard M. Nixon [and Others] (1971)
The Matusow Affair: Memoir of a National Scandal (1987, posthumous)
Wiki:
Albert E. Kahn was an outspoken critic of the Cold War, the McCarthy era, and the Vietnam War. A socialist, he described himself as a "radical in the tradition of Jack London". During a period when many were intimidated by government efforts to suppress dissent, Kahn actively sought ways to communicate his views to the public at large. "As far as I was concerned, I was acting in the American tradition of Thomas Jefferson and Thomas Paine and the framers of the Constitution", Kahn said in an interview shortly before his death. "The idea of any government telling me that I owe unequivocal allegiance to it is the most repugnant thing on earth."