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This book compares the influence of the period leading up to World War II and of the war itself on the discipline of psychology in two major, but very different countries. During the 1930s, Soviet psychologists were formally isolated from developments in Western psychology by the ideological requirements of the Communist Party; in the United States, a vast variety of topics was being researched. When the war began, the discipline in the Soviet Union turned increasingly toward specialized topics, such as the rehabilitation of the wounded, ways to improve morale, and the psychological basis of color-camouflage. American psychologists, on the other hand, applied their psychometric and clinical skills to military needs. With the coming of
glasnost, American and Russian psychologists were able to collaborate to create the first thorough examinations of the state of wartime psychology in these countries. Of interest to all students and researchers of the history of psychology, psychological theory, and the history of World War II.
List of contents
Preface
Soviet Psychology During World War IISoviet Psychology during the Pre-World War II Period
The Reorganization and Development of Soviet Psychology in Accordance with the Demands of the War
Soviet Psychologists' Wartime Research and Applied Activities
American Psychology During World War IIPsychologists Organize and Plan for the War Effort
Psychologists and the Military Enterprise
Psychologists' Other Wartime Research
The War and Postwar Psychology
General Conclusions and Comparative CommentsThe Russian Perspective
The American Perspective
Appendix: Chronology of Major Events During World War II (Russian Perspective)
Index
About the author
Albert R. Gilgen, Carol K. Gilgen, Vera Koltsova, Yuri Oleinik
