The Digest empire, particularly through its Washington bureau, was a
major outlet for Cold War propaganda and had significant connections to the
U.S. intelligence community. Author John Heidenry does an excellent job of
ferreting out these connections, even though this accounts for less than
one-sixth of the book. The remainder of this comprehensive account revolves
around the private and public lives of Lila and DeWitt Wallace, and the
handful of fawning executives who ran the office in Pleasantville, New York
beginning in the 1920s. From these offices, the empire grew to become the
world's most successful publisher of magazines, and the largest global
marketer of books.
ISBN 0-393-03466-6
Extract the names from this source