Brainwash: The Secret History of Mind Control - Hardcover

Streatfeild, Dominic

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 034092103X ISBN 13: 9780340921036

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 2006

Synopsis

What would it take to turn you into a suicide bomber? Do heavy metal LPs contain subliminal messages? What was MI6 doing with LSD in the 1950s? Does the Unification Church brainwash recruits? Is the Manchurian Candidate fact or fiction? Is it possible to erase memories, or to implant them artificially? How would you interrogate a member of Al Qaeda? With access to formerly classified documentation and interviewees from MI5, MI6, the CIA, the US Army and British Intelligence Corps, "Brainwash" traces the evolution of the world's most secret psychological procedure, from its origins in the Cold War to the height of today's war on terror.

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Review

'Admirably researched and wonderfully astute... an addictive concoction of esoteric detail and serious debate.' -- Guardian on COCAINE

'An extraordinary book' -- Andrew Marr, Start the Week

'Fascinating, funny and brilliantly told.' -- Big Issue on COCAINE

'Gripping' -- Time Out

'Marvellously engrossing. . . Streatfield's narrative control cannot be faulted.' -- Sunday Times

'Streatfield does an important service by bringing this curious phase to our attention again . . . Vivid' -- Financial Times

'[A] meticulously researched and superbly readable study' -- Daily Telegraph

From the Publisher

Shortlisted for the 2007 Samuel Johnson Prize

Edition details

• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 034092103X
• ISBN 13: 9780340921036
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 448