The Monkees: How Four Fake Pop Stars Accidentally Became the Cold War’s Catchiest Weapon
The Monkees: How Four Fake Americans Accidentally Invented Global Soft Power Before the Pentagon Could Spell “K-Pop” By our man in the cheap seats, Geneva—where even the statues look bored. In 1966, while the Cold War was busy stockpiling canned paranoia, a television producer in Los Angeles glued four vaguely musical actors together, named them…