The Search for the "Manchurian Candidate"
The Search for the "Manchurian Candidate"
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"The CIA exposé to end all CIA exposés." —New York
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The Search for the "Manchurian Candidate" by John D Marks
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).
"One of the most important books of the year. . . We see the CIA on the cutting edge of inquiry into hypnosis, drugs, brainwashing, personality assessment, psychosurgery, electric and radio stimulations of the brain, the creation of involuntary amnesia, terminal shock therapy." -- Playboy
"Perhaps the most compelling, well-researched, organized and well-written account of CIA operations ever." -- Progressive
"A comprehensive, detailed and thoroughly readable account of the CIA safehouses, the brainwashing experiments, the involvement of the universities." -- Washington Monthly
"Fascinating reading." -- Washington Post
"Perhaps the most compelling, well-researched, organized and well-written account of CIA operations ever." -- Progressive
"A comprehensive, detailed and thoroughly readable account of the CIA safehouses, the brainwashing experiments, the involvement of the universities." -- Washington Monthly
"Fascinating reading." -- Washington Post
John Marks is a author and former 60 Minutes producer who has received critical praise. His writing includes The Wall, which was selected a Notable Book of 1998 by the New York Times, and War Torn, which was chosen one of Publishers Weekly's top novels of 2003.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780393307948 |
| ISBN 10 | 0393307948 |
| Title | The Search for the "Manchurian Candidate" |
| Author | John D Marks |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | WW Norton & Co |
| Year published | 1992-04-01 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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