Simpson's book titles


Persons interested in this debate may wish to read other texts by Christopher Simpson concerning the sociology and social history of mass crimes, the origins of contemporary communication research, and national security issues.

These include:


Blowback: America's Recruitment of Nazis and its Effects on the Cold War.

Cross-disciplinary study of intelligence operations in Europe since 1945. Published in hardcover in U.S. by Weidenfeld & Nicolson (1988), and in paperback by Collier-Macmillan (1989), and later in German and Japanese editions. Now out of print, but available in libraries and through rare book dealers.










The Splendid Blond Beast: Money, Law and Genocide in the Twentieth Century .

Sociology of genocide and historical study of the development of international law on war crimes and crimes against humanity. First published 1993, now available in 1996 paperback edition from Common Courage Press. Call 1 800 497 3207.












Science of Coercion: Communication Research and Psychological Warfare, 1945-1960.

Cross disciplinary, sociology-of-knowledge study concerning communication research and political warfare. First published in 1994, still available in hardcover and paperback editions from Oxford University Press. Call 1 800 451 7556.












National Security Directives of the Reagan and Bush Administrations; The Declassified History of U.S. Political and Military Policy 1981-1991.

Reference book on national security policy of recent administrations based on Freedom of Information Act studies; with special emphasis on communication and information policy issues. Published by Westview Press, 1995. Call 1 800 456 1995.














Universities and Empire: The Politics of Funding Intellectual Life in the Postwar Years

(edited by Christopher Simpson). Cross-disciplinary, historical essays from Simpson, Ellen Herman, Bruce Cumings and others concerning the social sciences during the cold war. Includes materials from Franz Boas and Walt W. Rostow. (Forthcoming: Spring list 1998, The New Press).

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