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AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGISTS IN/AT WAR

Summary/Abstract: During WWII, American anthropologists were engaged in advising administration that governed internment camps for Japanese citizens in the West Coast, as well in the work of a number of civil and military agencies. The contribution of anthropologists to US wartime efforts was primarily in studies of Japanese national character and propaganda for American troops. The Cold War brought the continuation of the application of anthropology in military and security agencies in the US, founded in the State of national security. The involvement of anthropologists in US military activities in Korea, Latin America and Southeast Asia provoked a series of sharp debates within the American Anthropological Association, that resulted in the adoption of the document with the title "Principles of professional responsibility". In time, the ethical standards in this document became milder, which enabled the application of anthropology in the wars the US had started at the beginning of 21st century.

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