Cold War anthropology : the CIA, the Pentagon, and the growth of dual use anthropology / David H. Price.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Price, David H., 1960- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anthropology--Political aspects--United States--History--20th century.

Anthropology.

Anthropologists--Political activity--United States--History--20th century.

Anthropologists.

Military intelligence--United States--History--20th century.

Military intelligence.

Science and state.

History.

Political participation.

United States.

Science and state--United States--History--20th century.

Cold War.

United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

United States--History--1945-.

Physical Description:

xxxi, 452 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2016.

Biography/History:

David H. Price is Professor of Anthropology at Saint Martin's University in Lacey, Washington. He is the author of "Threatening Anthropology : McCarthyism and the FBI's Surveillance of Activist Anthropologists" and "Anthropological Intelligence : The Deployment and Neglect of American Anthropology in the Second World War," both also published by Duke University Press, and "Weaponizing Anthropology : Social Science in Service of the Militarized State."

Summary:

"A provocative account of the profound influence that the American security state has had on the field of anthropology since the Second World War. Using a wealth of information unearthed in CIA, FBI, and military records, [David Price] maps out the intricate connections between academia and the intelligence community and the strategic use of anthropological research to further the goals of the American military complex. The rise of area studies programs, funded both openly and covertly by government agencies, encouraged anthropologists to produce work that had intellectual value within the field while also shaping global counterinsurgency and development programs that furthered America's Cold War objectives. Ultimately, the moral issues raised by these activities prompted the American Anthropological Association to establish its first ethics code. Price concludes by comparing Cold War-era anthropology to the anthropological expertise deployed by the military in the post-9/11 era."--Cover.

Contents:

Part I. Cold War political-economic disciplinary formations: Political economy and history of American Cold War intelligence

World War II's 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.

Part II. 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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page [397]-431) and index.

ISBN:

9780822361060

082236106X

9780822361251

0822361256

9780822374381

0822374382

OCLC:

917359212