Brainwashing The Story Of Men Who Defied It Classic Reprint

Author : Edward Hunter
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 256 pages
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Release : 2016-10-27
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781787202290

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Brainwashing: The Story of Men Who Defied It by Edward Hunter Pdf

First published in 1956, this book by U.S. journalist and intelligence agent Edward Hunter comprises dramatic first-hand accounts from Korean War veterans who survived P.O.W. camps and Communist attempts to brainwash them. “The new word brainwashing entered our minds and dictionaries in a phenomenally short time. [...] The reason the word was picked up so quickly was that it was not just a clever synonym for something already known, but described a strategy that had yet no name. [...] The word came out of the sufferings of the Chinese people. Put under a terrifying combination of subtle and crude mental and physical pressures and tortures, they detected a pattern and called it brainwashing. [...] What they had undergone was more like witchcraft, with its incantations, trances, poisons, and potions, with a strange flair of science about it all, like a devil dancer in a tuxedo, carrying his magic brew in a test tube.” A true and terrible story of the men who endured and defied the most diabolical red torture—the war book you will never forget. “A fascinating document.”—Chicago Tribune

Author : Edward Hunter
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-18
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 1528284461

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Brainwashing the Story of Men Who Defied It (Classic Reprint) by Edward Hunter Pdf

Excerpt from Brainwashing the Story of Men Who Defied It The new word brainwashing entered our minds and diction aries in a phenomenally short time. This sinister political expression had never been seen in print anywhere until a few years ago. About the only times it was ever heard in conversation was inside a tight, intimate circle of trusted relatives or reliable friends in Red China during the short honeymoon period of communism. The few exceptions were when a Red indoctrinator would lose his temper and shout out, You need a brainwashing. The reason the word was picked up so quickly was that it was not just a clever synonym for something already known, but described a strategy that had yet no name. A vacuum in language existed: no word tied together the various tactics that make up the process by which the communists expected to create their new Soviet man. The word came out of the sufferings of the Chinese people. Put under a terrifying combination of subtle and crude men tal and physical pressures and tortures, they detected a pat tern and called it brainwashing. The Reds wanted people to believe that it could be amply described by some familiar expression such as education, public relations, persuasion or by some misleading term like mind reform and re-educa tion. None of these could define it because it was much, much more than any one of them alone. The Chinese knew they hadn't just been educated or persuaded; something much more dire than that had been perpetrated on them, similar in many peculiar ways to a medical treatment. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Edward Hunter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0243683634

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Brainwashing the Story of Men Who Defied It by Edward Hunter Pdf

Author : Michael Butter
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783110346930

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Plots, Designs, and Schemes by Michael Butter Pdf

Plots, Designs, and Schemes is the first study that investigates the long history of American conspiracy theories from the perspective of literary and cultural studies. Since research in these fields has so far almost exclusively focused on the contemporary period, the book concentrates on the time before 1960. Four detailed case studies offer close readings of the Salem witchcraft crisis of 1692, fears of Catholic invasion during the 1830s to 1850s, antebellum conspiracy theories about slavery, and anxieties about Communist subversion during the 1950s. The study primarily engages with factual texts, such as sermons, pamphlets, political speeches, and confessional narratives, but it also analyzes how fears of conspiracy were dramatized and negotiated in fictional texts, such as Nathaniel Hawthorne's Young Goodman Brown (1835) or Hermann Melville's Benito Cereno (1855). The book offers three central insights: 1. The American predilection for conspiracy theorizing can be traced back to the co-presence and persistence of a specific epistemological paradigm that relates all effects to intentional human action, the ideology of republicanism, and the Puritan heritage. 2. Until far into the twentieth century, conspiracy theories were considered a perfectly legitimate form of knowledge. As such, they shaped how many Americans, elites as well as “common” people, understood and reacted to historical events. The Revolutionary War and the Civil War would not have occurred without widespread conspiracy theories. 3. Although most extant research claims the opposite, conspiracy theories have never been as marginal and unimportant as in the past decades. Their disqualification as stigmatized knowledge only occurred around 1960, and coincided with a shift from theories that detect conspiracies directed against the government to conspiracies by the government.

Author : Kathleen Taylor
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2006-07-27
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0199204780

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Brainwashing by Kathleen Taylor Pdf

Bringing the worlds of neuroscience and social psychology together, this book examines the ethical problems involved in carrying out the required experiments on humans, the limitations of animal models, and the frightening implications of such research. It also explores the history of thought-control and shows how it exists around us.

Author : Garth S. Jowett,Victoria O'Donnell
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781412909006

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Readings in Propaganda and Persuasion by Garth S. Jowett,Victoria O'Donnell Pdf

"This collection of readings in propaganda and persuasion is designed to serve as either a companion to Jowett and O'Donnell's text Propaganda and Persuasion or as a single class resource. The contents range from seminal essays by Jacques Ellul, Kenneth Burke, and Paul M.A. Linebarger to articles by well-known writers on propaganda such as Philip Taylor and David Culbert to new essays about responses to 9/11, the treatment of Afghan women, persuasion in the built environment, and public diplomacy as propaganda. Also included are analyses of the relationship between rhetoric and propaganda, essays about the definition of propaganda, propaganda in the Boston Massacre of the American Revolution, the Bolshevik Revolution, and American, British, and German propaganda during World War II, and brainwashing in the Korean War." -- Publisher.

Author : Edward Hunter
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2019-06-17
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0359732631

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Brainwashing by Edward Hunter Pdf

Intelligence agency veteran and journalist Edward Hunter shares the experiences of men he interviewed who were subject to brainwashing as prisoners in totalitarian communist societies. A shocking yet informative expose of the history and techniques of brainwashing by communist military and security services, this book commences by delving into the origins of the practice. Ivan Pavlov, a vaunted scientist in the Soviet Union, was an unwitting aide to the process ? his experiments on animals, and the discoveries he made therein, would form the basis of the incarceration and interrogation methods used in multiple communist states. The object of such procedures was to break down a person's ego, and rebuild it in the form of an unwavering supporter to communist ideology. Chapter by chapter, we are given a detailed guide to the physical and mental manipulations which comprise brainwashing. Supporting this information are multiple interviews and accounts of prisoners who lived to tell of their ordeals.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 610 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1956
Category : Electronic
ISBN : WISC:89062387204

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The Living Church by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781134272556

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Cold War Literature by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Editions
ISBN : UCAL:$B222858

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Catalog of Reprints in Series by Anonim Pdf

Author : Robert Merritt Orton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Editions
ISBN : UOM:39015067156870

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Catalog of Reprints in Series by Robert Merritt Orton Pdf

Author : Frederick Charles Schwarz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2012-09-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 125847445X

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Communism, Diagnosis and Treatment by Frederick Charles Schwarz Pdf

Author : Edward Hunter
Publisher : Highlyy Publishing LLP
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789395522304

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Brainwashing: The Story Of Men Who Defied It by Edward Hunter Pdf

Brainwashing is a groundbreaking book that offers a powerful and thought-provoking analysis of the psychological techniques used to manipulate and control individuals in times of conflict and crisis. Written by Edward Hunter, a respected journalist and expert on propaganda and psychological warfare, this book is a seminal work that has influenced scholars, policymakers, and activists around the world. In this book, Hunter provides a detailed account of the methods used by totalitarian regimes to brainwash and indoctrinate their citizens, drawing on his experiences covering the Korean War and his interviews with prisoners of war. He explores the science of behavior modification, including hypnosis, sensory deprivation, and drug-induced states, as well as the role of propaganda and censorship in shaping public opinion. Hunter's insights into the mechanics of brainwashing and mind control have proven prescient, as these techniques continue to be used by authoritarian regimes to suppress dissent and maintain power. His analysis of the impact of brainwashing on individuals and societies offers a sobering reminder of the dangers of unchecked state power. With its powerful message and rigorous analysis, Brainwashing remains a seminal work on the psychological manipulation of individuals and populations. It is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of propaganda and psychological warfare, as well as for those concerned about the impact of authoritarianism on human freedom and dignity.

Author : Mona Awad
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2019-06-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780735235892

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Bunny by Mona Awad Pdf

“The Secret History meets Jennifer’s Body. This brilliant, sharp, weird book skewers the heightened rhetoric of obsessive female friendship in a way I don’t think I've ever seen before. I loved it and I couldn’t put it down.” - Kristen Roupenian, author of You Know You Want This: "Cat Person" and Other Stories The Vegetarian meets Heathers in this darkly funny, seductively strange novel about a lonely graduate student drawn into a clique of rich girls who seem to move and speak as one. "We were just these innocent girls in the night trying to make something beautiful. We nearly died. We very nearly did, didn't we?" Samantha Heather Mackey couldn't be more different from the other members of her master's program at New England's elite Warren University. A self-conscious scholarship student who prefers the company of her imagination to that of most people, she is utterly repelled by the rest of her fiction writing cohort--a clique of unbearably twee rich girls who call each other "Bunny," and are often found entangled in a group hug so tight it seems their bodies might become permanently fused. But everything changes when Samantha receives an invitation to the Bunnies' exclusive monthly "Smut Salon," and finds herself drawn as if by magic to their front door--ditching her only friend, Ava, an audacious art school dropout, in the process. As Samantha plunges deeper and deeper into Bunny world, and starts to take part in the off-campus "Workshop" where they devise their monstrous creations, the edges of reality begin to blur, and her friendships with Ava and the Bunnies are brought into deadly collision. A spellbinding, down-the-rabbit-hole tale about loneliness and belonging, creativity and agency, and female friendship and desire, Bunny is the dazzlingly original second book from an author with tremendous "insight into the often-baffling complexities of being a woman" (The Atlantic).

Author : William F. Buckley (Jr.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 534 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1960
Category : Conservatism
ISBN : IOWA:31858030015469

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National Review by William F. Buckley (Jr.) Pdf