{"product_id":"cold-war-captives-9780520257313","title":"Cold War Captives","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecreates 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList 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","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402835763543,"sku":"9780520257313","price":27.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520257313.jpg?v=1730481646","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/cold-war-captives-9780520257313","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}