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Author:

Carruthers, Susan L. (Susan Lisa)

Title:

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

Publisher:

University of California Press,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

xiii, 335 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Summary:

"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.

ISBN:

0520257308 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780520257306 (cloth : alk. paper)
0520257316 (paper : alk. paper)
9780520257313 (paper : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)270131498

LCCN:

2008047712

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)