Behind the front lines of every war in the world, prisoners are forced to sit for interrogation: manipulated, coerced, and sometimes tortured--... read full description
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Nov 29, 2009
Caty
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In the middle of reading: As CIA's MK-ULTRA has long been an interest of mine, there's a lot I already know, but I love Streatfield b/c he seems to have no capacity to edit his research--he gives you EVERYTHING, in a chatty tone full of gallows humor. In this case, that's really working for me so far. Had no idea Robert Graves played such an instrumental role in the intro of shrooms to the West, for example. (See, he's tangential--what does that have to do w/mind control? Well, psyclobin was one
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Apr 28, 2009
Andrew
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I was pretty disappointed by Streatfield's second book, since I loved his first so much. He definitely manages to exhaust the topic, but he doesn't have the personalized tone and humour that made Cocaine so enjoyable. Each chapter follows the same pattern. He tells a story about some mysterious case of brainwashing, backs up to give you the history and background of that particular type of brainwashing, and then finishes the story. I would only recommended it to people really interested in t
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Sep 16, 2009
Craig
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An very interesting history of brainwashing and the efforts of intelligence services to harness it to their requirements.
Jan 14, 2011
BAKU
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You could actually just read chapter 1 , 10 and the epilouge and skip the rest, but, overall okay
Jun 01, 2008
Savo
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Dominic Streatfeild has done an incredible amount of research and conducted numerous interviews with those who used the methods he writes about and also the victims of such methods.
The author does not insist on his point of view, but compares and contrasts available information and leaves the room for the readers to come up with their own conclusions.
This is a must-read book for anyone interested in the history of mind control and the current use of it in Iraq, Afghanis More...
The author does not insist on his point of view, but compares and contrasts available information and leaves the room for the readers to come up with their own conclusions.
This is a must-read book for anyone interested in the history of mind control and the current use of it in Iraq, Afghanis More...
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Jun 26, 2007
Blanca
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This guy is amazing, but this subject did not keep my interest enough. It is very thorough investigative journalism, but the conspiracy theory has never been a big draw for me, despite the writing being good. His book Cocaine is fantastic and I think more appealing because he draws the relevance of cocaine in anyone's life, and makes us think how ingrained it is in our lives without us being aware. Government mind control is a little less impacting to everyone, and I think that where it lost m
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Jan 20, 2010
Abasi
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A fascinating read. Well researched, and easily read. Each chapter is something of a vignette with a story to illustrate the point.
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