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Cold War captives : imprisonment, escape, and brainwashing / Susan L. Carruthers.

Author/creator Carruthers, Susan L. (Susan Lisa)
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoBerkeley : University of California Press, ©2009.
Descriptionxiii, 335 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subject(s)
Popular culture--United States --History --20th century.
Cold War--Social aspects --United States.
Captivity narratives.
Political prisoners--History --20th century.
Repatriation--History --20th century.
Defection--History --20th century.
Brainwashing--History --20th century.
Cold War in mass media.
Cold War in motion pictures.
Cold War in literature.
Contents Introduction: Between camps -- Upper East Side story : repatriation, romance, and Cold War mobilization -- Bloc-busters : the politics and pageantry of escape from the East -- Stalin's slaves : the rise of gulag consciousness -- First captive in a hot war : the case of Robert Vogeler -- Prisoners of Pavlov : Korean War captivity and the brainwashing scare.
Review "This 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, Cold War Captives explores a central dimension of American culture and politics - the postwar preoccupation with captivity."--BOOK JACKET.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2008047712
ISBN9780520257306 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0520257308 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780520257313 (paper : alk. paper)
ISBN0520257316 (paper : alk. paper)

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