Brainwash: The Secret History of Mind Control

Note: This is a second hand book which is in excellent condition.  The only flaw of consequence that I found was that the very first blank page has minor water staining.  The stain is confined to one page and it does not affect the book in the least.  Otherwise it shows its age a bit but the book itself is so compelling, so ultra-cool, that once it hits your mailbox you'll forget all of that. It's a good buy.

What would it take to turn you into a suicide bomber?

How would you interrogate a member of Al Qaeda?

With access to formerly classified documentation and interviews from the CIA, the U.S. Army, MI5, MI6, and the British Intelligence Corps, acclaimed journalist Dominic Streatfeild traces the history of the world's most secret psychological procedure.

From the cold war to the height of today's war on terror, groups as dissimilar as armies, religious cults, and advertising agencies have been accused of brainwashing. But what does this mean?

Is it possible to erase memories or to implant them artificially? Do heavy-metal records contain subliminal messages? Do religious cults brainwash recruits? What were the CIA and MI6 doing with LSD in the 1950s? How far have the world's militaries really gone?

From the author of the definitive history of cocaine,Brainwash is required reading in an era of cutting-edge and often controversial interrogation practices. More than just an examination of the techniques used by the CIA, the KGB, and the Taliban,it is also a gripping, full history of the heated efforts to master the elusive, secret techniques of mind control.