Brainwashed: A New History of Thought Control

by Daniel Pick

Book Overview

In 1953, a group of prisoners of war who had fought against the communist invasion of South Korea were released. They chose - apparently freely - to move to Mao's China. Among those refusing repatriation were twenty-one American GIs. Their decision sparked alarm in the West: why didn't they want to come home? What was going on?

Soon, people were saying that the POWs' had been 'brainwashed'. Was this something new or a phenomenon that has been...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1781257906
• ISBN13: 9781781257906
• Release Date: March 2024
• Publisher: Ips - Profile Books
• Length: 341 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.0" x 7.7"