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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 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."--Jacket.
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3 editions- Other · English · 2009University of California Press · 352 pages · 9780520944794
- Other · English · 2009University of California Press · 335 pages · 9781282772649
- Other · English · 2009University of California Press · 335 pages · 9780520257306
DefectionCold WarCold War in motion picturesRepatriationPolitical prisonersPopular cultureBrainwashingCaptivity narratives