Between the GI Bill and the Congress of Cultural Freedom, the military industrial complex did more for culture than the NEA.
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@matthunte Part of story was that in 1940s/1950s Congress wouldn't fund arts directly, so arts policy by default went to m-i complex.1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes -
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@matthunte Yep. Even literary criticism, as I explain here: http://www.jeetheer.com/politics/cia.htm …2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@matthunte All (or almost all) cultural funding in USSR and Warsaw Pact came from state, so no need to.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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@matthunte Updike's early Bech stories & accounts of his visit to USSR/Eastern Bloc give good glimpse of Soviet literary life.
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