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You don't think the Cold War in the 1950s was overwhelmingly supported by the American public?
by linkregister 10y ago
You don't think the Cold War in the 1950s was overwhelmingly supported by the American public?
- jandrese 10y agoAnd the public is against hacking the FSB? Or the Russian public against hacking the CIA?
- macintux 10y agoI don't follow. The quoted paragraph says nothing about public support, just public knowledge, and definitely the American public in the 1950s (and other decades) had very limited visibility into the espionage undertaken as part of the Cold War.
- linkregister 10y agoEspionage was only a small part of the Cold War conflict. Most of it was diplomatic and economic, and overtly conducted through proxy wars. While you might learn some new facts from newly declassified Cold War-era documents, most of the relevant issues are in the history books. Please don't change the goalposts. I'm responding to this: > What happens when intelligence agencies go to war with each other and don't tell the rest of us? I think the term you are looking for is "Cold War". The Cold War was not secret nor conducted without the consent of the publics of the two powers. Many activities were conducted in secret, but the bulk of the conflict was done overtly.