Karen Paget

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Karen M. Paget
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Karen M. Paget is an American political scientist, from Boulder, Colorado, United States. She is the author of non-fiction books. Her work appears at The American Prospect. [1]

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Life

She holds a doctorate from the University of Colorado and a M.A. in International Relations. [2]

She is the author of the book Patriotic Betrayal: The Inside Story of the CIA’s Secret Campaign to Enroll American Students in the Crusade Against Communism, launched in March 2015. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

After more than a decade of research, Karen Paget gathered archival sources, declassified documents, and interviews, showing that the National Student Association story published by Ramparts, was just part of a bigger CIA operation. [ citation needed ]

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References

  1. "Karen Paget". The American Prospect. Retrieved 2017-08-02.
  2. Paget, Karen. "Karen M. Paget Bio". Karen M. Paget. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  3. "Karen Paget's 'Patriotic Betrayal' is a monumental work". Berkeleyside. 2015-03-03. Retrieved 2017-08-02.
  4. "When the Student Movement Was a CIA Front". The American Prospect. Retrieved 2017-08-02.
  5. "When the C.I.A. Duped College Students". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2017-08-02.
  6. O’Malley, J. P. (2015-07-16). "How the CIA Really Won Hearts and Minds". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2017-08-02.
  7. "Ramparts, the CIA, and Cold War Revisionism". National Review. Retrieved 2017-08-02.
  8. "Karen M. Paget - Los Angeles Review of Books". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved 2017-08-02.
  9. Hochschild, Adam (March 2015). "The Fourth Branch". Harper's Magazine.
External video
Nuvola apps kaboodle.svg C-SPAN.org: Book Discussion Patriotic Betrayal - Video - C-SPAN.org, accessdate: 3/28/2015