Brainwash : the secret history of mind control

By:

Streatfield, Dominic

Publication details: London : Hodder and Staughton, 2006Description: 440 pISBN:

0340923644

Subject(s):

NLM classification:

WLM 819.

Contents:

Brain warfare -- 2. Truth drugs -- 3. Eating the flesh of God -- 4. In the black room -- 5. Building the Manchurian candidate -- 6. 'Do it': James, Ray and the Depth men -- 7. Sleep -- 8. Jesus loves you -- 9. Believing the impossible -- 10. The monster plot.

Summary: "What would it take to turn you into a suicide bomber? Do heavy metal LPs contain subliminal messages? What was M16 doing with LSD in the 1950s? Do religious cults brainwash recruits? Is the Manchurian Candidate fact or fiction? Is it possible to erase memories, or to implant them artifically? How would you interrogate a member of Al Qaeda? With access to formerly classified documentation and interviewees from M15, M16, 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."--Back cover.

List(s) this item appears in: SLaM Mental Health History

Holdings
Item type	Home library	Class number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	South London and Maudsley Trust Library Shelves	WLM 819 STR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Issued	12/06/2024	024176

"What would it take to turn you into a suicide bomber? Do heavy metal LPs contain subliminal messages? What was M16 doing with LSD in the 1950s? Do religious cults brainwash recruits? Is the Manchurian Candidate fact or fiction? Is it possible to erase memories, or to implant them artifically? How would you interrogate a member of Al Qaeda? With access to formerly classified documentation and interviewees from M15, M16, 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."--Back cover.

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