{"product_id":"cold-war-captives-imprisonment-escape-and-brainwashing-paperback","title":"Cold War Captives: Imprisonment, Escape, and Brainwashing - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSusan L. Carruthers\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis provocative history of early cold war America recreates a time when World War III seemed imminent. Headlines were dominated by stories of Soviet slave laborers, brainwashed prisoners in Korea, and courageous escapees like Oksana Kasenkina who made a \"leap for freedom\" from the Soviet Consulate in New York. Full of fascinating and forgotten stories, \u003ci\u003eCold War Captives\u003c\/i\u003e explores a central dimension of American culture and politics--the postwar preoccupation with captivity. \"Menticide,\" the calculated destruction of individual autonomy, struck many Americans as a more immediate danger than nuclear annihilation. Drawing upon a rich array of declassified documents, movies, and reportage--from national security directives to films like \u003ci\u003eThe Manchurian Candidate\u003c\/i\u003e--his book explores the ways in which east-west disputes over prisoners, repatriation, and defection shaped popular culture. Captivity became a way to understand everything from the anomie of suburban housewives to the \"slave world\" of drug addiction. Sixty years later, this era may seem distant. Yet, with interrogation techniques derived from America's communist enemies now being used in the \"war on terror,\" the past remains powerfully present.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCold War Captives\u003c\/i\u003e is a strikingly original, scrupulously researched, and endlessly provocative work of cultural history that offers countless new insights into the bipolar mind of postwar America. Enlightening and informative, erudite but never stuffy, this book is a model of historical retrieval and critical interpretation.--Thomas Doherty, author of \u003ci\u003eCold War, Cool Medium: Television, McCarthyism, and American Culture\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eCold War Captives\u003c\/i\u003e is a wonderfully rich account of early cold war culture and politics. Carruthers writes with clarity and élan, illuminating aspects of the cold war that no one has heretofore explored.\"--Marilyn Young, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Vietnam Wars 1945-1990\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSusan L. Carruthers is Associate Professor of History at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, in Newark. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Media at War: Communication and Conflict in the Twentieth Century \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWinning Hearts and Minds: British Governments, the Media, and Colonial Counter-Insurgency 1944-1960.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 13, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47453430317234,"sku":"9780520257313","price":62.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/65c5a73d68396318dd42f86604e626cc.webp?v=1778830497","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/cold-war-captives-imprisonment-escape-and-brainwashing-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}