{"product_id":"west-bloc-dissident-a-cold-war-memoir-paperback","title":"West-Bloc Dissident: A Cold War Memoir - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam Blum\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the 1960s, after four years with IBM and two more with the U.S. State Department, William Blum became a radical dissident. As an insider in two worlds, he is well suited to assess the people, events, and ideology of both the \"bourgeois\" and \"radical\" cultures. In West-Bloc Dissident, Blum brings unexpected wit and insight to his portrayals of both sides of the ideological fence. He draws unsparing portraits of his movement comrades Jerry Rubin, Allen Ginsberg, Norman Mailer, and others. An anti-war activist, he takes on the CIA, FBI, State Department, and police. Also included are firsthand accounts of everything from the underground press to Salvador Allende's Chile.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam Blum\u003c\/b\u003e left the State Department in 1967, abandoning his aspiration of becoming a Foreign Service Officer, because of his opposition to what the United States was doing in Vietnam. A journalist and author, he became one of the founders and editors of the \u003ci\u003eWashington Free Press\u003c\/i\u003e, the first \"alternative\" newspaper in the capital. He was one of the recipients of Project Censored's awards for \"exemplary journalism\" for writing one of the top ten censored stories of 1998, an article on how, in the 1980s, the United States gave Iraq the material to develop a chemical and biological warfare capability. He died in 2012.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 246\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.76 x 8.98 x 6.04 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 11, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760166699296,"sku":"9781887128728","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/45112c7e6ea716fac8c0323ec9535f4a.webp?v=1780173368","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/west-bloc-dissident-a-cold-war-memoir-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}