The search for the "Manchurian candidate" : the CIA and mind control: the secret history of the behavioral sciences

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  • Author: Marks, John D.
    Contributor:

    Runnette, Sean

    Summary:

    A "Manchurian Candidate" is an unwitting assassin brainwashed and programmed to kill. In this book, former State Department officer John Marks tells the explosive story of the CIA's highly secret program of experiments in mind control. His curiosity first aroused by information on a puzzling suicide. Marks worked from thousands of pages of newly released documents as well as interviews and behavioral science studies, producing a book that "accomplished what two Senate committees could not" (Senator Edward Kennedy).

    Genre: Political science, True crime stories
    Original Publisher: Old Saybrook , Tantor Audio
    Language(s): English
    ISBN:

    9781541415348

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DC Contributor

Runnette, Sean

Abstract

A "Manchurian Candidate" is an unwitting assassin brainwashed and programmed to kill. In this book, former State Department officer John Marks tells the explosive story of the CIA's highly secret program of experiments in mind control. His curiosity first aroused by information on a puzzling suicide. Marks worked from thousands of pages of newly released documents as well as interviews and behavioral science studies, producing a book that "accomplished what two Senate committees could not" (Senator Edward Kennedy).

Genre
Political science
True crime stories
Publisher (Source)

Old Saybrook

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