Not an "Ugly American": Sal Tas, a Dutch Reporter as Agent of the West in Africa

Tity de Vries

Not an "Ugly American": Sal Tas, a Dutch Reporter as Agent of the West in Africa

Tity de Vries

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Abstract

During the 1950s and 1960s Dutch Parool reporter Sal Tas (1905-1976) performed as a link between American liberal intellectuals and politicians and young African states, with his articles in The New Leader and with his activities for an American training and information center in Rome. Not being American was an essential condition of this performance.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Transnational Anti-Communism and the Cold War
Subtitle of host publication	Agents, Activities, and Networks
Editors	Luc van Dongen, Stephanie Roulin, Giles Scott-Smith
Place of Publication	Basingstoke, Hampshire UK
Publisher	Palgrave MacMillan
Pages	64-78
Number of pages	15
Edition	2014
ISBN (Print)	978-0-230-50746-3
Publication status	Published - 2014

Publication series

Name	The Palgrave Macmillan Transnational History Series
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan

Keywords

public diplomacy, Cold War, Africa, anti-communist journalism

Cite this

de Vries, Tity. / Not an "Ugly American" : Sal Tas, a Dutch Reporter as Agent of the West in Africa. Transnational Anti-Communism and the Cold War: Agents, Activities, and Networks. editor / Luc van Dongen ; Stephanie Roulin ; Giles Scott-Smith. 2014. ed. Basingstoke, Hampshire UK : Palgrave MacMillan, 2014. pp. 64-78 (The Palgrave Macmillan Transnational History Series).

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