Poland's War on Radio Free Europe, 1950-1989

"The revised and expanded translation of his 2007 Polish-language monograph contributes to the growing body of literature about Cold War broadcasting and surveillance alike . . . [The Polish sources'] keystone role in Machcewicz's account, and the author's extensive verbatim citations from them, render an entirely new chapter of RFE's history accessible far beyond Poland."—Yuliya Komska, H-Net Reviews

"A fascinating and dramatic account of an important and often quirky instutition, and of the Polish regime's decades-long campaign to neutralize its impact."—Robert L. Hutchings, University of Texas at Austin

"The work excels in its use of forensic research in Polish secret service archives. It illuminates the world-view of the Polish regime and its secret services."—A. Ross Johnson, former director, Radio Free Europe

"In this widely researched, skillful book, Paweł Machcewicz begins to tease apart the different strands of Poland's RFE story...Poland's War on Radio Free Europe will be of great use to experts and graduate students."—Andrea Orzoff, Slavic Review