Name: Citizen's Intelligence Digest

Barcode: 58869

Image Number: 58869

Permanent URL: https://oshermaps.org/map/58869.0001

Alternative Title: The War Against America

Brief Description: Warning: This item contains graphically violent content.
Tabloid right-wing newspaper attacking Communism in the United States, the United Nations and depicting the United States under assault by international socialism and left-wing organizations. It was founded by Robert E. Grisby, a retired Air Force Lieutenant Colonel from Bakersfield, California. The newspaper was probably distributed free of charge and only published one or two more issues and may have ceased publication after 1963.

Publisher: Grigsby, Robert E.

Publishing Location: Bakersfield, CA

Notes: v. 1 n. 1

Date Published: 1962

Language: English

Material Type: Newsprint

Dimensions: Cover: 40 x 29.5 cm  Open pages: 40 x 58.5 cm

Historical Context: The intent of the paper was to influence that year's presidential election which involved the Democratic candidate John F. Kennedy and the Republican Richard M. Nixon. Kennedy would ultimately win the presidency.

LC Call Number: E838 1962.C5

OCLC: 15190892

Accession Number: OML-1962-181

Subjects: Cold WarPoliticsPropaganda