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Hermann Field Kate Field Trapped in the Cold War (Hardback)
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- Book Title
- Trapped in the Cold War
- Publication Name
- Trapped in the Cold War : the Ordeal of an American Family
- Title
- Trapped in the Cold War
- Subtitle
- The Ordeal of an American Family
- Contributor
- Norman Naimark (Afterword by)
- Format
- Hardcover
- ISBN-10
- 0804735905
- EAN
- 9780804735902
- ISBN
- 9780804735902
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Genre
- Biography
- Subject
- History
- Release Year
- 2000
- Release Date
- 01/01/2000
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 0.6in
- Item Length
- 9in
- Item Weight
- 27.6 Oz
- Publication Year
- 2000
- Type
- Textbook
- Item Width
- 6in
- Number of Pages
- 488 Pages
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The disappearance behind the Iron Curtain of the American brothers Noel and Hermann Field in 1949, followed by that of Noel's wife and their foster daughter, was one of the most publicized international mysteries of the Cold War. This dual memoir gives an intensely human dimension to that struggle, with Hermann narrating all that happened to him from the day he was abducted from the Warsaw airport to his release five years later, and Kate relating her unrelenting efforts to find her husband. Thousands of potential victims of Hitler's dragnet were rescued in 1939 and during World War II through separate efforts of the Field brothers. Arrested in Czechoslovakia in 1949, Noel was taken to Hungary and used as an example of American perfidy in show trials. Hermann went to Poland primarily to find out what had happened to his brother. After Hermann's abduction, he was taken to the cellar of a secret Polish prison, where he was held for five years. He gives us a detailed account of his battle to survive, alternating despair and horror with mordant humor. Meanwhile, his family had no idea whether he was still alive and if so, where. This moving story, based on detailed notes made by the authors during and shortly after the events described, presents an inside-outside counterpoint, as Hermann's chapters on his inward journey in his cellar world alternate with Kate's efforts in London to find him by scrutinizing accounts of political events in Eastern Europe for clues and penetrating the diplomatic corridors of power in the West for help. Hermann had been arrested by a Polish security agent who later defected and became one of the West's most important informants on Soviet operations in Eastern Europe. The search for the Field brothers was complicated by their history of leftist connections, for this tense period in the Cold War was also the era of McCarthyism in the United States. The book ends with an Epilogue that analyzes the events of fifty years ago in the light of what we know today, as the result of newly available archival material.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Stanford University Press
ISBN-10
0804735905
ISBN-13
9780804735902
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1135040
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Trapped in the Cold War : the Ordeal of an American Family
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2000
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
488 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
27.6 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Djk50
Reviews
"This remarkable document is a moving love story, a tale of sinister international intrigue, and a revealing probe of Cold War politics." -Publishers Weekly, One of the most compelling memoirs to emerge from the dark days of Stalinism. It is a valuable contribution to history, and it is an impressive tribute to the unconquerable human spirit."—Arthur Schlesinger Jr., "The book is written from two different perspectives . . . interwoven with great skill, even elegance, and the reader is thus treated to a powerful and multi-dimensional narrative that is bound to become a classic. It will be required reading for anyone who has a serious interest in the origins of the Cold War."-- International History Review, "This remarkable document is a moving love story, a tale of sinister international intrigue, and a revealing probe of Cold War politics." - Publishers Weekly, "One of the most compelling memoirs to emerge from the dark days of Stalinism. It is a valuable contribution to history, and it is an impressive tribute to the unconquerable human spirit."--Arthur Schlesinger Jr., "One of the most compelling memoirs to emerge from the dark days of Stalinism. It is a valuable contribution to history, and it is an impressive tribute to the unconquerable human spirit."-Arthur Schlesinger Jr., "The book is written from two different perspectives . . . interwoven with great skill, even elegance, and the reader is thus treated to a powerful and multi-dimensional narrative that is bound to become a classic. It will be required reading for anyone who has a serious interest in the origins of the Cold War."- International History Review, "This remarkable document is a moving love story, a tale of sinister international intrigue, and a revealing probe of Cold War politics." — Publishers Weekly, "The book is written from two different perspectives . . . interwoven with great skill, even elegance, and the reader is thus treated to a powerful and multi-dimensional narrative that is bound to become a classic. It will be required reading for anyone who has a serious interest in the origins of the Cold War."— International History Review, "One of the most compelling memoirs to emerge from the dark days of Stalinism. It is a valuable contribution to history, and it is an impressive tribute to the unconquerable human spirit."—Arthur Schlesinger Jr., "This remarkable document is a moving love story, a tale of sinister international intrigue, and a revealing probe of Cold War politics." -- Publishers Weekly
Copyright Date
1999
Afterword by
Naimark, Norman
Topic
General, World / European, Political, Europe / Poland
Lccn
99-042202
Dewey Decimal
947/.0009/045
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History, Social Science, Political Science
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