Publicity Round Up

Ben Affleck in Argo

for Tom Hayden's review

of The CIA in Hollywood

The University of Texas Press is pleased to share some recent publicity highlights, both for books that are still getting attention, as well as some forthcoming titles that are about to make a splash.

• Alex Marshall's The Surprising Design of Market Economies was featured in Sam Roberts’s Bookshelf column in The New York Times. Read the full article on nytimes.com>> 
• Tricia Jenkins' The CIA in Hollywood was reviewed in the Los Angeles Review of Books by legendary peace activist Tom Hayden. Read the full review on lareviewofbooks.org>> 
• Tom Hayden's review was re-posted on Salon.com and even made the Salon homepage! See the review on salon.com>>
• Michael Johns' The Education of a Radical was reviewed in Foreign Affairs. Read the review on foreignaffairs.com>> 
• David R. Mares and David Scott Palmer's Power, Institutions, and Leadership in War and Peace was selected by Foreign Affairs in a list of ‘What to Read on Peruvian Politics’. Read the full list on foreignaffairs.com>> 
• Scott Roberts' The Salt Lick Cookbook was reviewed in Portland Book Review. Read the full review on portlandbookreview.com>> 
• Susan and Van Metzler's Texas Mushrooms: A Field Guide was reviewed in ‘The Birdbooker Report’ in The Guardian. Read the review on guardian.co.uk>> 
• Eric A. Goldman's forthcoming The American Jewish Story Through Cinema was mentioned in New Yorks The Blueprint. Read the article on nyblueprint.com>>
• Robb Walsh and Rufus O. Lovett's forthcoming Barbecue Crossroads has been included in a 'Must Read' list for 2013 from the New York Times New Service, which has been picked up by many outlets:

Therecord.com>>

Amestrib.com>>

Guelphmercury.com>>

Houston's Chron.com>>

 

Los Angeles Times :: The CIA in Hollywood

The CIA in Hollywood

by Tricia Jenkins

Buy It Now

Hollywood a longtime friend of the CIA
High-level access granted to filmmakers researching a movie about the Osama bin Laden raid is just the latest episode in an increasingly close, cooperative arrangement that has spanned administrations.
By Ken Dilanian and Rebecca Keegan

excerpt: "The CIA has been subtly influencing motion picture content for more than 15 years," said Tricia Jenkins, author of "The CIA in Hollywood," the first academic appraisal of the CIA's efforts to influence popular entertainment.

Jenkins said the CIA's cultivation of Hollywood paid off after the Sept. 11 attacks.

"Even as the CIA was subject to incredible public criticism for failing to predict the attacks, there came a spate of TV shows and movies depicting the CIA as competent, effective and willing to share intelligence," she said.

read the full article at latimes.com »