The Search for the "Manchurian Candidate"
The CIA and Mind Control: The Secret History of the Behavioral Sciences

John Marks coauthored The CIA & the Cult of Intelligence with Victor Marchetti after working as a Senate aide and a State Department official. His publishing credentials are primarily as a journalist. His writing style is clear as are his methods of documentation. The Search for the Manchurian Candi......more

"Since World War II, the United States government, led by the Central Intelligence Agency, has searched secretly for ways to control human behavior. This book is about that search, which had its origins in World War II. The CIA programs were not only an extension of the OSS quest for a truth drug, b......more

An extremely important book, documenting some of the more esoteric crimes of the CIA. While not reaching quite the magnitude of its violence from its coup operations in places like Indonesia or Chile, the Agency's experimentation on unwitting innocent victims recalls many of the acts of the Nazis. F......more

Just started this for a project I'm working on -- and yes, this is legit, not some crap from Alex Jones. The author used to work for the State Department and based his writing on a huge document uncovered from the CIA around 1975. Those familiar with MK Ultra and allathat will know what this is abou......more

Groundbreaking, if dated work exploring the origins of Project MKULTRA, the CIA's efforts at developing mind control and psychological manipulation techniques. Marks traces the program from its origins in World War II (part of a grab-bag of OSS efforts at chemical and psychological warfare) to its i......more