{"product_id":"poisoner-in-chief-9781250762627","title":"Poisoner in Chief","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eAll the Shah's Men\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Brothers\u003c\/i\u003e tells the astonishing story of the man who oversaw the CIA's secret drug and mind-control experiments of the 1950s and '60s.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe visionary chemist Sidney Gottlieb was the CIA's master magician and gentlehearted torturerthe agency's poisoner in chief. As head of the MK-ULTRA mind control project, he directed brutal experiments at secret prisons on three continents. He made pills, powders, and potions that could kill or maim without a traceincluding some intended for Fidel Castro and other foreign leaders. He paid prostitutes to lure clients to CIA-run bordellos, where they were secretly dosed with mind-altering drugs. His experiments spread LSD across the United States, making him a hidden godfather of the 1960s counterculture. For years he was the chief supplier of spy tools used by CIA officers around the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStephen Kinzer, author of groundbreaking books about U.S. clandestine opera\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49528955109719,"sku":"9781250762627","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781250762627.jpg?v=1731873699","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/poisoner-in-chief-9781250762627","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}