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

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"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 S...

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Main Author: Carruthers, Susan L. (Susan Lisa)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2009.
Subjects:
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.

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