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Having a rough idea of the Cold War and its beginnings, we know that it was basically a battle of ideologies, trying to prove to the other that their system was better. But the means of doing this were both blatant and subtle.
It was a "battle for freedom" with both sides trying to convince other nations that there were threats to freedom, democracy, and even national security.
Knowing that they needed something more substantial to combat the Soviet Union’s propaganda, the CIA and other US government officials turned to the scientific community to help with psychological warfare in what is called Project Troy.
Undersecretary of State James Webb asked the noted physicist and veteran adviser Lloyd Berkner’s help in assembling a crack team of scientists to tackle the problem of psychological warfare.
The resulting Project Troy brought together a group of social scientists and physical scientists from MIT and Harvard that either already had or would soon play leading roles in the Cold War.
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Source: neatorama