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Recreates a time when World War III seemed imminent. This book explores a central dimension of American culture and politics - the postwar preoccupation with captivity. It reveals how 'menticide', the calculated destruction of individual autonomy, struck many Americans as a more immediate danger than nuclear annihilation.

Table of Contents
List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Between Camps 1. Upper East Side Story: Repatriation, Romance, and Cold War Mobilization 2. Bloc-Busters: The Politics and Pageantry of Escape from the East 3. Stalin's Slaves: The Rise of Gulag Consciousness 4. First Captive in a Hot War: The Case of Robert Vogeler 5. Prisoners of Pavlov: Korean War Captivity and the Brainwashing Scare Epilogue: Returns and Repercussions List of Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index

Cold War Captives

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 13/10/2009
      ISBN13: 9780520257313, 978-0520257313
      ISBN10: 0520257316
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Recreates a time when World War III seemed imminent. This book explores a central dimension of American culture and politics - the postwar preoccupation with captivity. It reveals how 'menticide', the calculated destruction of individual autonomy, struck many Americans as a more immediate danger than nuclear annihilation.

      Table of Contents
      List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Between Camps 1. Upper East Side Story: Repatriation, Romance, and Cold War Mobilization 2. Bloc-Busters: The Politics and Pageantry of Escape from the East 3. Stalin's Slaves: The Rise of Gulag Consciousness 4. First Captive in a Hot War: The Case of Robert Vogeler 5. Prisoners of Pavlov: Korean War Captivity and the Brainwashing Scare Epilogue: Returns and Repercussions List of Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index

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