Brainwashing: The Story of Men Who Defied It
Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Psychology, Occupational & Industrial Psychology, Mental Health
| Author: | Edward Hunter | ISBN: | 9781787202290 |
| Publisher: | Hauraki Publishing | Publication: | October 27, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Hauraki Publishing | Language: | English |
| Author: | Edward Hunter |
| ISBN: | 9781787202290 |
| Publisher: | Hauraki Publishing |
| Publication: | October 27, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Hauraki Publishing |
| Language: | English |
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
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
