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The war of nerves : inside the cold war mind, Martin Sixsmith

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Summary
  • A history of the Cold War as primarily a conflict of psychology
  • "More than any other conflict, the Cold War was fought on the battlefield of the human mind. And, nearly thirty years since the collapse of the Soviet Union, its legacy still endures -- not only in our politics, but in our own thoughts and fears. Drawing on a vast array of untapped archives and unseen sources, Martin Sixsmith vividly recreates the tensions and paranoia of the Cold War, framing it for the first time from a psychological perspective. Revisiting towering, unique personalities like Kruschev, Kennedy, and Nixon, as well as the lives of the unknown millions who were caught up in the conflict, this is a gripping narrative of the paranoia of the Cold War -- and in today's uncertain times, this story is more resonant that ever." -- Back cover
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
Extent
xiii, 577 pages
Contents
  • Individual or collective: two national psyches
  • Two nations; two missions
  • Kissing Stalin's bum
  • Yalta and the psychology of betrayal
  • Potsdam and paranoia
  • Stalin the neurotic
  • The long telegrams
  • Threats and mind readers
  • War by inadvertence
  • Trouble among socialist friends
  • Stalin's ghost: memory, fear, and the monster from the grave
  • A psychological vacuum
  • The secret speech and the psychology of the crowd
  • Psychological warfare
  • McCarthyism and witch-hunts
  • Brainwashing
  • Sputnik and the psychology of fear
  • The kitchen: competing utopias
  • Bricks in the wall
  • The space race
  • Brinkmanship
  • Duck and cover
  • Disinformation
  • Double agents, double dealing, doublethink
  • Inventing the enemy in books and film
  • Art, posters, and jokes
  • Music
  • Religion
  • Falling dominoes
  • They took away your mind: control through silence
  • The psychology of the front line
  • The madman and détente
  • Reagan's epiphany
  • The wall torn down
  • The evil empire is no more
  • The misuses of memory
Isbn
9781639361816
Instance
Label
The war of nerves : inside the cold war mind
Title
The war of nerves
Title remainder
inside the cold war mind
Statement of responsibility
Martin Sixsmith
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
  • A history of the Cold War as primarily a conflict of psychology
  • "More than any other conflict, the Cold War was fought on the battlefield of the human mind. And, nearly thirty years since the collapse of the Soviet Union, its legacy still endures -- not only in our politics, but in our own thoughts and fears. Drawing on a vast array of untapped archives and unseen sources, Martin Sixsmith vividly recreates the tensions and paranoia of the Cold War, framing it for the first time from a psychological perspective. Revisiting towering, unique personalities like Kruschev, Kennedy, and Nixon, as well as the lives of the unknown millions who were caught up in the conflict, this is a gripping narrative of the paranoia of the Cold War -- and in today's uncertain times, this story is more resonant that ever." -- Back cover
Cataloging source
YDX
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Sixsmith, Martin
Dewey number
  • 909.825
  • 327.73
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
D849
LC item number
.S59 W37 2022
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Cold War
  • Cold War
  • Diplomatic relations
  • War
  • United States
  • Soviet Union
  • Soviet Union
  • United States
Label
The war of nerves : inside the cold war mind, Martin Sixsmith
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
Content type code
  • txt
  • sti
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Contents
Individual or collective: two national psyches -- Two nations; two missions -- Kissing Stalin's bum -- Yalta and the psychology of betrayal -- Potsdam and paranoia -- Stalin the neurotic -- The long telegrams -- Threats and mind readers -- War by inadvertence -- Trouble among socialist friends -- Stalin's ghost: memory, fear, and the monster from the grave -- A psychological vacuum -- The secret speech and the psychology of the crowd -- Psychological warfare -- McCarthyism and witch-hunts -- Brainwashing -- Sputnik and the psychology of fear -- The kitchen: competing utopias -- Bricks in the wall -- The space race -- Brinkmanship -- Duck and cover -- Disinformation -- Double agents, double dealing, doublethink -- Inventing the enemy in books and film -- Art, posters, and jokes -- Music -- Religion -- Falling dominoes -- They took away your mind: control through silence -- The psychology of the front line -- The madman and détente -- Reagan's epiphany -- The wall torn down -- The evil empire is no more -- The misuses of memory
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
Extent
xiii, 577 pages
Isbn
9781639361816
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • (OCoLC)1281582426
  • 2053478
  • (OCoLC)on1281582426
Label
The war of nerves : inside the cold war mind, Martin Sixsmith
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
Content type code
  • txt
  • sti
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Contents
Individual or collective: two national psyches -- Two nations; two missions -- Kissing Stalin's bum -- Yalta and the psychology of betrayal -- Potsdam and paranoia -- Stalin the neurotic -- The long telegrams -- Threats and mind readers -- War by inadvertence -- Trouble among socialist friends -- Stalin's ghost: memory, fear, and the monster from the grave -- A psychological vacuum -- The secret speech and the psychology of the crowd -- Psychological warfare -- McCarthyism and witch-hunts -- Brainwashing -- Sputnik and the psychology of fear -- The kitchen: competing utopias -- Bricks in the wall -- The space race -- Brinkmanship -- Duck and cover -- Disinformation -- Double agents, double dealing, doublethink -- Inventing the enemy in books and film -- Art, posters, and jokes -- Music -- Religion -- Falling dominoes -- They took away your mind: control through silence -- The psychology of the front line -- The madman and détente -- Reagan's epiphany -- The wall torn down -- The evil empire is no more -- The misuses of memory
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
Extent
xiii, 577 pages
Isbn
9781639361816
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • (OCoLC)1281582426
  • 2053478
  • (OCoLC)on1281582426

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