Ebook: Clearer than truth: the polygraph and the American Cold War
Author: Baesler John Philipp
- Tags: Allegiance, Allegiance--United States--History--20th century, Cold War--Political aspects--United States, Internal security, Internal security--United States--History--20th century, Lie detectors and detection, Lie detectors and detection--Moral and ethical aspects--United States, Lie detectors and detection--United States--History--20th century, Politics and government, Government publication, History, Lie detectors and detection -- United States -- History -- 20th century, Lie detectors and detection -- M
- Series: Culture and politics in the Cold War and beyond
- Year: 2018
- Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
- City: United States
- Language: English
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Introduction -- How the polygraph does and does not work -- Truth to remake society -- 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.;In this first comprehensive history of the polygraph as a tool and symbol for American Cold War policies, John Philipp Beasler tells the story of a technology with weak scientific credentials that was nevertheless celebrated as a device that could expose both internal and external enemies. Considered the go-to technology to test agents' and employees' loyalty, the polygraph's true power was to expose deep ideological and political fault lines. While advocates praised it as America's hard-nosed yet fair answer to communist brainwashing, critics claimed that its use undermined the very values of justice, equality, and the presumption of innocence for which the nation stood.
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