A Cold War Crusader: Andrew Eiva’s Ethnic Anti-Communist Dream

Abstract Andrew Eiva, an ardently anti-Soviet, right-wing lobbyist in Washington DC during the Soviet-Afghan War of 1980s and final stages Soviet Lithuania early 1990s, was a true believer, pro-US Cold crusader. A clear example ethnic anti-communist, Eiva’s goal to free from Russian-imposed communist control, he saw as means that end. Eiva represents strand thinking (and acting) within US foreign policy circles at odds with (to right of) official policy, presaging tensions between political CIA (especially) other governmental organizations recent years. Based on material wrote lobbyist, Western media accounts, clandestine reports about him files Lithuanian KGB , this article shows his ideologically driven lobbying efforts affected policymaking last decade well how actions were reported perceived USSR (within machinery).