Cold War Anthropology The CIA, the Pentagon, and the Growth of Dual Use Anthropology /
David H. Price.
- 1 online resource (xxxi, 452 pages)
- Book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references (page [397]-431) and index.
Cold War political-economic disciplinary formations -- Political economy and history of American Cold War intelligence -- World War II long shadow -- Rebooting professional anthropology in the postwar world -- After the shooting war: centers, committees, seminars, and other Cold War projects -- Anthropologists and state: aid, debt, and other Cold War weapons of the strong intermezzo -- Anthropologists' articulations with the National Security State -- Cold War anthropologists at the CIA: careers confirmed and suspected -- How CIA funding fronts shaped anthropological research -- Unwitting CIA anthropologist collaborators: MK-Ultra, human ecology, and buying a piece of anthropology -- Cold War fieldwork within the intelligence universe -- Cold War anthropological counterinsurgency dreams -- The AAA confronts military and intelligence uses of disciplinary knowledge -- Anthropologically informed counterinsurgency in Southeast Asia -- Anthropologists for radical political action and revolution within the AAA -- Untangling open secrets, hidden histories, outrage denied, and recurrent dual use themes.
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Cold War. Science and state--History--United States--20th century. Military intelligence--History--United States--20th century. Anthropologists--Political activity--History--United States--20th century. Anthropology--Political aspects--History--United States--20th century.