Carruthers, SL

Cold War Captives: Imprisonment, Escape, and Brainwashing

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ISBN 13:
9780520257313
author:
Carruthers, SL
format:
Paperback
publisher:
University of California Press
language:
English
Publication Year:
2009
Pages:
352
Dimensions:
22.6 x 15 x 2.3 cm
Genre:
History
Condition:
New
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£26.96

Description

Cold War Captives: A Provocative History of Early Cold War America This provocative history explores a pivotal moment in American culture and politics, when World War III seemed imminent. The era was marked by stories of Soviet slave laborers, brainwashed prisoners, and courageous escapees who made daring leaps for freedom. Carruthers delves into the fascinating and forgotten stories of this period, revealing how captivity became a way to understand everything from suburban anomie to the "slave world" of drug addiction. Drawing on declassified documents, movies, and reportage, including national security directives and films like The Manchurian Candidate, Carruthers examines how east-west disputes over prisoners, repatriation, and defection shaped popular culture. Sixty years later, this era remains powerfully relevant, as interrogation techniques derived from America's communist enemies are now being used in the "war on terror".

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