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Book Cover for: The Search for the Manchurian Candidate: The CIA and Mind Control: The Secret History of the Behavioral Sciences, John D. Marks

The Search for the Manchurian Candidate: The CIA and Mind Control: The Secret History of the Behavioral Sciences

John D. Marks

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Claims to tell the story of the Central Intelligence Agency's secret programme of mind control. The author has utilized newly released government documents as well as behavioural science studies to produce an account of CIA safehouses and brainwashing experiments.

Book Details

  • Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
  • Publish Date: Aug 17th, 1991
  • Pages: 288
  • Language: English
  • Edition: Revised - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.40in - 5.40in - 0.80in - 0.75lb
  • EAN: 9780393307948
  • Categories: • Espionage• General• American Government - General

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tim weiner
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2 years

Author & journalist. Past: New York Times, LEGACY OF ASHES: The History of the CIA. Future: Another damned thick book.

@FCDserviceA_llc @poly_metis @TheSpyTheState Ah, I see. Hard to beat THE SEARCH FOR THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE by John Marks. We’ll not see more documents on the subject since Helms, bless his heart, destroyed them on his way out in 1973.

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Robert Skvarla
@RobertSkvarla
2 years

Bylines @ur_ninja @GeopoliticaEcon & @creemmag, Personal @mondoamericana

According to John Marks's "The Search for the Manchurian Candidate," subproject 3 was a series behavioral control tests on prisoners overseen by Stanford researcher James Hamilton. He conducted these tests at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville. https://t.co/U6DPXXaquG https://t.co/kkHHOypLzn

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One of the most important books of the year. . . . We see the CIA on the cutting edge of inquiry into hypnosis, drugs, brainwashing, personality assessment, psychosurgery, electric and radio stimulations of the brain, the creation of involuntary amnesia, terminal shock therapy.-- "Playboy"
Perhaps the most compelling, well-researched, organized and well-written account of CIA operations ever.-- "Progressive"
A comprehensive, detailed and thoroughly readable account of the CIA safehouses, the brainwashing experiments, the involvement of the universities.-- "Washington Monthly"
Fascinating reading.-- "Washington Post"

What people are saying

Mentioner image for: tim weiner
tim weiner
@Folly_and_Glory
2 years

Author & journalist. Past: New York Times, LEGACY OF ASHES: The History of the CIA. Future: Another damned thick book.

@FCDserviceA_llc @poly_metis @TheSpyTheState Ah, I see. Hard to beat THE SEARCH FOR THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE by John Marks. We’ll not see more documents on the subject since Helms, bless his heart, destroyed them on his way out in 1973.

twitter.com
Mentioner image for: Robert Skvarla
Robert Skvarla
@RobertSkvarla
2 years

Bylines @ur_ninja @GeopoliticaEcon & @creemmag, Personal @mondoamericana

According to John Marks's "The Search for the Manchurian Candidate," subproject 3 was a series behavioral control tests on prisoners overseen by Stanford researcher James Hamilton. He conducted these tests at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville. https://t.co/U6DPXXaquG https://t.co/kkHHOypLzn

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