The Manchurian Candidate

The Manchurian Candidate
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Publisher : RosettaBooks
Total Pages : 312
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ISBN-10 : 9780795335068
ISBN-13 : 0795335067
Rating : 4/5 (68 Downloads)

Synopsis The Manchurian Candidate by : Richard Condon

The classic thriller about a hostile foreign power infiltrating American politics: “Brilliant . . . wild and exhilarating.” —The New Yorker A war hero and the recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor, Sgt. Raymond Shaw is keeping a deadly secret—even from himself. During his time as a prisoner of war in North Korea, he was brainwashed by his Communist captors and transformed into a deadly weapon—a sleeper assassin, programmed to kill without question or mercy at his captors’ signal. Now he’s been returned to the United States with a covert mission: to kill a candidate running for US president . . . This “shocking, tense” and sharply satirical novel has become a modern classic, and was the basis for two film adaptations (San Francisco Chronicle). “Crammed with suspense.” —Chicago Tribune “Condon is wickedly skillful.” —Time

The Manchurian Candidate

The Manchurian Candidate
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages : 97
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ISBN-10 : 9781838719630
ISBN-13 : 1838719636
Rating : 4/5 (30 Downloads)

Synopsis The Manchurian Candidate by : Greil Marcus

"It may be the most sophisticated political thriller ever made in Hollywood," film critic Pauline Kael wrote of John Frankenheimer's terrifying 1962 political thriller about an American serviceman brainwashed in Korea and made into an assassin. Sophisticated to be sure, it's also a headlong fall through the looking-glass of American politics and the most deeply prophetic film of the second half of the American century. As Greil Marcus reconstructs the drama, The Manchurian Candidate is a movie in which the director and actors, including Laurence Harvey, Frank Sinatra and Angela Lansbury in an Academy Award-nominated performance, were suddenly capable of anything, beyond any expectations. This edition includes a new foreword highlighting the movie's terrifying contemporary relevance in the age of Trump and Russian interference in the US Presidential election.

The Search for the "Manchurian Candidate"

The Search for the
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Publisher : Dell Publishing Company
Total Pages : 264
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ISBN-10 : 0440201373
ISBN-13 : 9780440201373
Rating : 4/5 (73 Downloads)

Synopsis The Search for the "Manchurian Candidate" by : John D. Marks

The CIA's attempt to find effective mind control techniques are recounted from their origins in the drug research of World War II, to their experiments on frequently unknowing subjects involving hypnosis and drugs such as LSD

Oswald's Trigger Films

Oswald's Trigger Films
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Publisher : Falcon Books (MI)
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0964889730
ISBN-13 : 9780964889736
Rating : 4/5 (30 Downloads)

Synopsis Oswald's Trigger Films by : John Loken

My book is titled, "Oswald?s Trigger Films: The Manchurian Candidate, We Were Strangers, Suddenly?, "and it was published last winter. I would like it to be catalogued/cross-referenced under the subjects of History, Politics, and Film. I also have a 25-word descriptive blurb for it, but am not sure if I should send the blurb to you or to a colleague. Please let me know. Oh, one final matter: originally I may have indicated that the book was 65 pages long, but that was a mistake, since the final version was/is 81 pages long. It has gotten very good comments so far.

Obama

Obama
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Publisher : Lulu.com
Total Pages : 296
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ISBN-10 : 9780930852887
ISBN-13 : 0930852885
Rating : 4/5 (87 Downloads)

Synopsis Obama by : Webster Griffin Tarpley

Remember compassionate conservatism and a humble foreign policy? You should. Tarpley reveals that the Obama puppet's advisors are even more radical reactionaries than the neo-cons. Check out the rave reviews on Amazon: "a crash course in political science". Distils three decades of political insight and astute analysis, from a unique perspective.

A Little Solitaire

A Little Solitaire
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Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Total Pages : 325
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ISBN-10 : 9780813550985
ISBN-13 : 081355098X
Rating : 4/5 (85 Downloads)

Synopsis A Little Solitaire by : Murray Pomerance

Think about some commercially successful film masterpieces--The Manchurian Candidate. Seven Days in May. Seconds. Then consider some lesser known, yet equally compelling cinematic achievements--The Fixer. The Gypsy Moths. Path to War. These triumphs are the work of the best known and most highly regarded Hollywood director to emerge from live TV drama in the 1950s--five-time Emmy-award-winner John Frankenheimer. Although Frankenheimer was a pioneer in the genre of political thrillers who embraced the antimodernist critique of contemporary society, some of his later films did not receive the attention they deserved. Many claimed that at a midpoint in his career he had lost his touch. World-renowned film scholars put this myth to rest in A Little Solitaire, which offers the only multidisciplinary critical account of Frankenheimer's oeuvre. Especially emphasized is his deep and passionate engagement with national politics and the irrepressible need of human beings to assert their rights and individuality in the face of organizations that would reduce them to silence and anonymity.

Compromised

Compromised
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 387
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ISBN-10 : 9780358237068
ISBN-13 : 0358237068
Rating : 4/5 (68 Downloads)

Synopsis Compromised by : Peter Strzok

The FBI veteran behind the Russia investigation draws on decades of experience hunting foreign agents in the United States to lay bare the threat posed by President Trump.

Reading Race

Reading Race
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Publisher : SAGE
Total Pages : 256
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ISBN-10 : 0803975457
ISBN-13 : 9780803975453
Rating : 4/5 (57 Downloads)

Synopsis Reading Race by : Norman K Denzin

In this insightful book, one of America's leading commentators on culture and society turns his gaze upon cinematic race relations, examining the relationship between film, race and culture. Acute, richly illustrated and timely, the book deepens our understanding of the politics of race and the symbolic complexity of segregation and discrimination.

Reach for the Top

Reach for the Top
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Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Total Pages : 402
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ISBN-10 : 9781461670766
ISBN-13 : 1461670764
Rating : 4/5 (66 Downloads)

Synopsis Reach for the Top by : Anne Sinai

The popular screen and stage star Laurence Harvey (1928-1973) is best remembered for his stellar performance in the film The Manchurian Candidate—a 20th century classic. Of his 50 films, Room At the Top not only brought sexual permissiveness to American and British screens and an Oscar nomination, but it also branded him a heartthrob sensation. For all his fame and fortune, Harvey's short life was riddled with controversy, demonized by critics, and fraught with tragedy. In this revealing biography by Harvey's sister-in-law, readers are provided a close-up view of his career, his three marriages and his longtime sexual affair with one of his male producers. It also details his battle with cancer and his failure to acknowledge its seriousness. Packed with personal anecdotes, more than twenty black and white photographs, and a filmography, Reach for the Top: The Turbulent Life of Laurence Harvey will fascinate film students, scholars, and fans of the actor.

Liberty Lady

Liberty Lady
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 514
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ISBN-10 : 099825701X
ISBN-13 : 9780998257013
Rating : 4/5 (1X Downloads)

Synopsis Liberty Lady by : Pat DiGeorge

LIBERTY LADY is the true story of a WWII bomber and its crew forced to land in neutral Sweden during the Eighth Air Force's first large-scale daylight bombing raid on Berlin. 1st Lt. Herman Allen was interned and began working for his country's espionage agency, the OSS, with instructions to befriend a businessman suspected of selling secrets to the Germans. Soon Herman fell in love with a beautiful Swedish-American secretary working for the OSS, their courtship unfolding amid the glamour and intrigue of wartime Stockholm. As Swedish newspapers trumpeted one of the biggest spy scandals of the war, two of the main protagonists walked down the aisle in a storybook wedding presided over by the nephew of the King of Sweden.