Cold War anthropology : the CIA, the Pentagon, and the growth of dual use anthropology - Price, David H., 1960- (Durham : Duke University Press, 2016)
Cold War political-economic disciplinary formations -- Political eco nomy and history of American Cold War intelligence -- World War II long shadow -- Rebooting professional anthropology in the postwar world -- After the shooting war: centers, committees, seminars, and other Cold W ar projects -- Anthropologists and state: aid, debt, and other Cold War weapons of the strong intermezzo -- Anthropologists' articulations wit h the National Security State -- Cold War anthropologists at the CIA: c areers confirmed and suspected -- How CIA funding fronts shaped anthrop ological research -- Unwitting CIA anthropologist collaborators: MK-Ult ra, human ecology, and buying a piece of anthropology -- Cold War field work within the intelligence universe -- Cold War anthropological count erinsurgency dreams -- The AAA confronts military and intelligence uses of disciplinary knowledge -- Anthropologically informed counterinsurge ncy in Southeast Asia -- Anthropologists for radical political action a nd revolution within the AAA -- Untangling open secrets, hidden histori es, outrage denied, and recurrent dual use themes.
Includes bibliographical references (page [397]-431) and index.
Keywords: United States. -- Central Intelligence Agency; Anthropology -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20t h century; Anthropologists -- Political activity -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Military intelligence -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Science and state; Cold War; United States -- History -- 1945-