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Clearer Than Truth The Polygraph and the American Cold War / John Philipp Baesler.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Baesler, John Philipp, author.
- Series:
- Culture and politics in the Cold War and beyond.
- Culture and Politics in the Cold War and Beyond
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cold War--Political aspects--United States.
- Cold War.
- Allegiance--United States--History--20th century.
- Allegiance.
- Internal security--United States--History--20th century.
- Internal security.
- Lie detectors and detection--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.
- Lie detectors and detection.
- Lie detectors and detection--United States--History--20th century.
- United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 online resource.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2018
- Place of Publication:
- Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, 2018.
- Summary:
- A person strapped to a polygraph machine.Nervous eyes, sweaty brow, the needle trembling up and down.Few images are more evocative of Cold War paranoia.In this first comprehensive history of the polygraph as a tool and symbol of American Cold War policies, John Philipp Baesler tells the story of a technology with weak scientific credentials.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- How the polygraph does and does not work
- Truth to remake society, 1880s-1940
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-61376-564-9
- OCLC:
- 1029063674
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