Also see the new bok by Mary Dudziak from Princeton Univ. Press. "Cold War and Civil Rights" Blurbs from Gerald Horne and Manning Marable among others. An older book, " American Intellectuals and African Nationalists, 1955-1970, " by Martin Staniland, Yale Univ. Press, 1991.
For those w/o time to read all of van Eschen's book, see a book from Duke Univ. Press, where a paper of hers is. "Cultures of U.S. Imperialism, " ed. by Donald Pease, I think. Was reminded of it the other day when skimming this. (The Cultural Turn in Cold War Studies) http://www.american.edu/bgriff/rghome/TheCulturalTurn.htm
Tell BRC to correct that footnote #2. "Populist Front" s/b Popular Front, of coarse. Michael Pugliese