In Secrecy's Shadow: The OSS and CIA in Hollywood Cinema 1941-1979

In: Traditions in American Cinema

In: TAC

Abstract

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. The Facts of War: Cinematic Intelligence and the Office of Strategic Services -- 2. 'What is Past is Prologue': Hollywood's History of the OSS and the Establishment of the CIA -- 3. Quiet Americans: The CIA and Hollywood in the Early Cold War -- 4. The Death of the 'Big Lie' and the Emergence of Postmodern Incredulity in the Spy Cinema of the 1960s -- 5. Secrecy, Conspiracy, Cinema and the CIA in the 1970s -- Conclusion -- Select Filmography -- Bibliography -- Film and TV Index -- General Index