by Dominic Streatfeild (Author)
What would it take to turn you into a suicide bomber? Do heavy metal LPs contain subliminal messages? What was MI6 doing with LSD in the 1950s? Does the Unification Church brainwash recruits? Is the Manchurian Candidate fact or fiction? Is it possible to erase memories, or to implant them artificially? How would you interrogate a member of Al Qaeda? With access to formerly classified documentation and interviewees from MI5, MI6, the CIA, the US Army and British Intelligence Corps, "Brainwash" traces the evolution of the world's most secret psychological procedure, from its origins in the Cold War to the height of today's war on terror.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 448
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Published: 29 Jun 2006
ISBN 10: 034092103X
ISBN 13: 9780340921036
Prizes: Shortlisted for BBC Four Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 2007.