LEADER 04375nam 2200841Ia 450 001 9910823533503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-77264-3 010 $a9786612772641 010 $a0-520-94479-8 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520944794 035 $a(CKB)2670000000016111 035 $a(EBL)837208 035 $a(OCoLC)646846803 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000335933 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11234030 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000335933 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10296949 035 $a(PQKB)10377051 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000055944 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC837208 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse30598 035 $a(DE-B1597)519795 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520944794 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL837208 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10343486 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL277264 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000016111 100 $a20081031d2009 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCold War captives $eimprisonment, escape, and brainwashing /$fSusan L. Carruthers 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (351 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-520-25731-6 311 $a0-520-25730-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tIllustrations -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction: Between Camps -- $t1. Upper East Side Story: Repatriation, Romance, and Cold War Mobilization -- $t2. Bloc-Busters: The Politics and Pageantry of Escape from the East -- $t3. Stalin's Slaves: The Rise of Gulag Consciousness -- $t4. First Captive in a Hot War: The Case of Robert Vogeler -- $t5. Prisoners of Pavlov: Korean War Captivity and the Brainwashing Scare -- $tEpilogue: Returns and Repercussions -- $tAbbreviations -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aThis 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. "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 The Manchurian Candidate-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. 606 $aPopular culture$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aCold War$xSocial aspects$zUnited States 606 $aCaptivity narratives 606 $aPolitical prisoners$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aRepatriation$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aDefection$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aBrainwashing$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aCold War in mass media 606 $aCold War in motion pictures 606 $aCold War in literature 615 0$aPopular culture$xHistory 615 0$aCold War$xSocial aspects 615 0$aCaptivity narratives. 615 0$aPolitical prisoners$xHistory 615 0$aRepatriation$xHistory 615 0$aDefection$xHistory 615 0$aBrainwashing$xHistory 615 0$aCold War in mass media. 615 0$aCold War in motion pictures. 615 0$aCold War in literature. 676 $a909.82/5 700 $aCarruthers$b Susan L$g(Susan Lisa)$0527556 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910823533503321 996 $aCold War captives$93922332 997 $aUNINA