Voice of the Silenced Peoples in the Global Cold War

Anna Mazurkiewicz

Published by De Gruyter Oldenbourg 2021

Voice of the Silenced Peoples in the Global Cold War

The Assembly of Captive European Nations, 1954-1972

Anna Mazurkiewicz

Volume 8 in the series Rethinking the Cold War

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110661002

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About this book

According to its members, exiled political leaders from nine east European countries, the ACEN was an umbrella organization—a quasi-East European parliament in exile—composed of formerly prominent statesmen who strove to maintain the case of liberation of Eastern Europe from the Soviet yoke on the agenda of international relations.
Founded by the Free Europe Committee, from 1954 to 1971 the ACEN tried to lobby for Eastern European interests on the U.S. political scene, in the United Nations and the Council of Europe. Furthermore, its activities can be traced to Latin America, Asia and the Middle East. However, since it was founded and sponsored by the Free Europe Committee (most commonly recognized as the sponsor of the Radio Free Europe), the ACEN operations were obviously influenced and monitored by the Americans (CIA, Department of State).
This book argues that despite the émigré leadership's self-restraint in expressing criticism of the U.S. foreign policy, the ACEN was vulnerable to, and eventually fell victim of, the changes in the American Cold War policies. Notwithstanding the termination of Free Europe’s support, ACEN members reconstituted their operations in 1972 and continued their actions until 1989. Based on a through archival research (twenty different archives in the U.S. and Europe, interviews, published documents, memoirs, press) this book is a first complete story of an organization that is quite often mentioned in publications related to the operations of the Free Europe Committee but hardly ever thoroughly studied.

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Anna Mazurkiewicz, University of Gdańsk

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	V
List of Charts and Tables Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	XI
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	XIII
Introduction Publicly Available Download PDF	1
1 “For Europe Whole and Free” – ACEN Within the Organizational Framework Publicly Available Download PDF	21
2 “Voice of the Silenced Peoples” – ACEN and the Council of Europe Publicly Available Download PDF	101
3 “Free Elections and Withdrawal of Soviet Troops” – ACEN and the Communist Regimes Publicly Available Download PDF	123
4 The “Little U.N.” – ACEN and the United Nations Publicly Available Download PDF	149
5 “Captive Nations” – ACEN and the U.S. Congress Publicly Available Download PDF	189
6 “Asian People’s Freedom Day” – ACEN and the APACL Publicly Available Download PDF	211
7 “Naciones Cautivas Europeas” – ACEN in Latin America Publicly Available Download PDF	241
8 “We can only buy their time …” – Free Europe Committee and ACEN Publicly Available Download PDF	291
9 Conclusion, or what was ACEN? Publicly Available Download PDF	321
10 Epilogue Publicly Available Download PDF	331
Appendices Publicly Available Download PDF	343
Bibliography Publicly Available Download PDF	421
Subject Index Publicly Available Download PDF	431

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Audience: Historians of the Cold War, Historians of international relations, historians of exile
Pages
- Front matter: 17
- Main content: 446
Keywords: Kommunismus; Kalter Krieg; Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika

eBook

Published: December 16, 2020
ISBN: 9783110661002

Hardcover

Published: December 16, 2020
ISBN: 9783110657050