This book analyses a key episode in the cultural Cold War - the formation of the Congress for Cultural Freedom. This study combines archival research, cultural history and the theory of Gramscian political economy.

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Intellectuals and hegemony; Chapter 3 The political economy of US hegemony 1945-50; Chapter 4 Securing the Pax Americana; Chapter 5 The formation of the Congress for Cultural Freedom; Chapter 6 The search for consensus 1950-2; Chapter 7 The end of ideology and 'The Future of Freedom'; Chapter 8 Conclusion;

Michael Moran, Giles Scott-Smith University of Manchester