A Curtain Of Ignorance: China: How America Is Deceived
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At the height of the Cold War, when American public opinion on China was shaped almost entirely by government censorship and media complicity, Felix Greene issued a devastating challenge to the official narrative. A Curtain of Ignorance: China: How America is Deceived is a rigorous and impassioned work of political journalism that chronicles the systematic suppression of truthful reporting on the People's Republic of China, arguing that the American public was deliberately kept in the dark about one of the world's most populous and consequential nations. Greene, a British journalist with rare firsthand access to Communist China, presents a damning indictment of the propaganda machinery that manufactured fear and hostility in place of genuine understanding. Drawing on personal observation, documentary evidence, and sharp political analysis, Greene illustrates how Cold War ideology corrupted the press, distorted foreign policy, and ultimately imperilled global peace. His prose is direct and authoritative, carrying the moral urgency of a writer who believes — rightly — that ignorance is never innocent. Published by Jonathan Cape, this landmark work of political non-fiction remains a vital document of mid-20th-century Sino-American relations, raising questions about media complicity and state power that are as unsettling today as they were when first written.
Author: Felix Greene
Format: Paperback
Genre: Asian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
At the height of the Cold War, when American public opinion on China was shaped almost entirely by government censorship and media complicity, Felix Greene issued a devastating challenge to the official narrative. A Curtain of Ignorance: China: How America is Deceived is a rigorous and impassioned work of political journalism that chronicles the systematic suppression of truthful reporting on the People's Republic of China, arguing that the American public was deliberately kept in the dark about one of the world's most populous and consequential nations. Greene, a British journalist with rare firsthand access to Communist China, presents a damning indictment of the propaganda machinery that manufactured fear and hostility in place of genuine understanding. Drawing on personal observation, documentary evidence, and sharp political analysis, Greene illustrates how Cold War ideology corrupted the press, distorted foreign policy, and ultimately imperilled global peace. His prose is direct and authoritative, carrying the moral urgency of a writer who believes — rightly — that ignorance is never innocent. Published by Jonathan Cape, this landmark work of political non-fiction remains a vital document of mid-20th-century Sino-American relations, raising questions about media complicity and state power that are as unsettling today as they were when first written.