Cold War Veterans Blog

Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty in the Cold War

Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty were, along with other Western broadcasters, effective instruments of Western policy during the Cold War. Many East European and Russian democrats have seconded the words of Vaclav Havel that "our society owes Radio Free Europe gratitude for the role that it has played." Western studies have examined the history and organization of RFE/RL and its place in American national security strategy.

The Following paper discusses impact

http://media.hoover.org/documents/broadcast_conf_rpt.pdf