Clearer Than Truth : The Polygraph and the American Cold War /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Baesler, John Philipp (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2018]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Politics and government.
Lie detectors and detection.
Internal security.
Allegiance.
HISTORY > United States > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > International.
1900 - 1999.
Guerre froide > Aspect politique > États-Unis.
Allegeance > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Detecteurs de mensonge > Aspect moral > États-Unis.
Detecteurs de mensonge > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Cold War > Political aspects > United States.
Allegiance > United States > History > 20th century.
Internal security > United States > History > 20th century.
Lie detectors and detection > Moral and ethical aspects > United States.
Lie detectors and detection > United States > History > 20th century.
United States.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1945-1989.
United States > Politics and government > 1945-1989.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.

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