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Clearer than truth : the polygraph and the American Cold War
- Title
- Clearer than truth : the polygraph and the American Cold War / John Philipp Baesler.
- Author
- Baesler, John Philipp
- Publication
- Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2018]
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Details
- Description
- xii, 309 pages; 24 cm
- Series Statement
- Culture and politics in the Cold War and beyond
- Uniform Title
- Culture and politics in the Cold War and beyond.
- Alternative Title
- Polygraph and the American Cold War
- Subjects
- Lie detectors and detection
- Internal security
- Allegiance
- United States
- Cold War > Political aspects > United States
- 1900-1999
- Lie detectors and detection > Moral and ethical aspects > United States
- Lie detectors and detection > United States > History > 20th century
- United States > Politics and government > 1945-1989
- Politics and government
- History
- Internal security > United States > History > 20th century
- Allegiance > United States > History > 20th century
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- How the polygraph does and does not work -- Truth to remake society -- World War II, national security, and the search for loyal citizens -- The polygraph and the specter of totalitarianism within -- Truth and national security in the American Cold War -- Immeasurable security : the polygraph and the CIA -- The polygraph and the problems of deterrence -- Congress, the right to privacy, and the retrenchment of the polygraph -- Epilogue.
- Call Number
- JFE 18-6899
- ISBN
- 9781625343130
- 1625343132
- 9781625343253
- 1625343256
- LCCN
- 2017050240
- OCLC
- 1012343616
- Author
- Baesler, John Philipp, author.
- Title
- Clearer than truth : the polygraph and the American Cold War / John Philipp Baesler.
- Publisher
- Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2018]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Culture and politics in the Cold War and beyondCulture and politics in the Cold War and beyond.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1900-1999
- Research Call Number
- JFE 18-6899