Project mind control : Sidney Gottlieb, the CIA, and the tragedy of MKULTRA / John Lisle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lisle, John (Historian), Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Project MKULTRA.

Gottlieb, Sidney, 1918-1999.

Gottlieb, Sidney.

United States. Central Intelligence Agency--History--20th century.

United States.

Brainwashing--United States--History--20th century.

Brainwashing.

Physical Description:

x, 292 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : St. Martin's Press, 2025.

Summary:

"The inside story of the CIA's secret mind control project, MKULTRA, using never-before-seen testimony from the perpetrators themselves. Sidney Gottlieb was the CIA's most cunning chemist. As head of the infamous MKULTRA project, he oversaw an assortment of dangerous-even deadly-experiments. Among them: dosing unwitting strangers with mind-bending drugs, torturing mental patients through sensory deprivation, and steering the movements of animals via electrodes implanted into their brains. His goal was to develop methods of mind control that could turn someone into a real-life "Manchurian candidate." In conjunction with MKULTRA, Gottlieb also plotted the assassination of foreign leaders and created spy gear for undercover agents. The details of his career, however, have long been shrouded in mystery. Upon retiring from the CIA in 1973, he tossed his files into an incinerator. As a result, much of what happened under MKULTRA was thought to be lost-until now. Historian John Lisle has uncovered dozens of depositions containing new information about MKULTRA, straight from the mouths of its perpetrators. For the first time, Gottlieb and his underlings divulge what they did, why they did it, how they got away with it, and much more. Additionally, Lisle highlights the dramatic story of MKULTRA's victims, from their terrible treatment to their dogged pursuit of justice. The consequences of MKULTRA still reverberate throughout American society. Project Mind Control is the definitive account of this most disturbing of chapters in CIA history"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Prologue

The outsider

Bluebird and artichoke

The origins of MKULTRA

LSD

Deep Creek

The Frank Olson incident

Operation Midnight Climax

Overseas operations

The cutouts

Psychic driving

Depatterning

The wild West

Prison experiments

Subprojects

Assassination

Close but no cigar

Disillusion and dissolution

Torture

Technical Services

Keeping secrets

The family jewels

The investigations

The hearings

Victims task force

The lawsuits

Old wounds

The viscious cycle of secrecy

History loves irony

Epilogue

Acknowledgments

Appendix

Notes

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781250338747

1250338743

OCLC:

1452442779