"Recounts a covert Cold War operation led by George Minden to smuggle banned literature into Eastern Europe, focusing on the cultural and psychological battle against Soviet censorship and the role underground reading networks played in weakening totalitarian control, especially in Poland"--

Part one: hope (1980-1981). A snaggle-toothed thought machine -- Our friends down south -- The french connection -- An international spiderweb -- They will crush us like bugs -- The deal -- Part two: war (1981-1985). The night of the general -- This is big casino -- Citizens versus the secret police -- Raphael -- Ideas for getting out of a no-win situation -- Helpful -- Oh sh**! reactionary propaganda! -- This turbulent priest -- The network -- Part three: reckoning (1986-1989). The regina affair -- A general, a lowly recruit, and all ranks in between -- Television free Europe -- High noon -- Bloody Feliks -- Epilogue: the best-Kept secret