cold war

The UK-based Socialist Review has just posted their review of Anthropology at the Dawn of the Cold War: The Influence of Foundations, McCarthyism and the CIA.

Anthropology at the Dawn of the Cold War: The Influence of Foundations, McCarthyism and the CIA went on sale a couple of days ago. As far as I can tell, it's now available worldwide, wherever fine books are sold.

Order your copy today!

During the several years I spent researching and editing Anthropology at the Dawn of the Cold War, I wrote several pieces on the themes covered in the book (or closely related issues) at Savage Minds. For your convenience, here is a quick guide to related information at Savage Minds.

1. Anthropologists as Counter-Insurgents: My first look at the work of Montgomery McFate (a lead author of the Army's counter-insurgency handbook and a strong advocate of anthropology as a military tool).
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I just heard from my publisher that my book, Anthropology at the Dawn of the Cold War: The Influence of Foundations, McCarthyism and the CIA, has just arrived from the printer and is ready for release! They're mailing me my copies tomorrow.

I just finished a 3-part series of long articles detailing how I put together and got published my forthcoming edited volume, Anthropology at the Dawn of the Cold War: The Influence of Foundations, McCarthyism and the CIA.  If you'd like to see how an academic work gets from idea to published (technically, "almost published" since it's not quite out yet -- but soon!) check it out at the anthropology blog Read the rest of this entry »

Anthropology at the Dawn of the Cold War isn't out yet (coming next month, I hope!) but already it's gotten some nice press coverage!