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"The CIA exposé to end all CIA exposés." —New York

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"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

The Search for the Manchurian Candidate

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      Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 4/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780393307948, 978-0393307948
      ISBN10: 0393307948
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      "The CIA exposé to end all CIA exposés." —New York

      Trade Review
      "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

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