{"product_id":"brainwash-the-secret-history-of-mind-control-9780312427924","title":"Brainwash: The Secret History of Mind Control","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVivid and disturbing, \u003ci\u003eBrainwash\u003c\/i\u003e is essential insight into the modern practice of interrogation and torture. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith access to formerly classified documentation and interviews from the CIA, U.S. Army, MI5, MI6, and British Intelligence Corps, Dominic Streatfeild traces the evolution of mind control from its origins in the Cold War to the height of today's war on terror. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBehind the front lines of every war in the world, prisoners are forced to sit for interrogation: manipulated, coerced, and sometimes tortured--often without ever being touched. Brainwash is a history of the methods intended to destroy and reconstruct the minds of captives, to extract information, convert dissidents, and lead peaceful men to kill and be killed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDominic Streatfeild is a writer and documentary filmmaker. His television work includes the Discovery Channel's\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eseries\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eAge of Terror\u003c\/i\u003e, which examined the roots of political violence. Airing in over 150 countries, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eAge of Terror\u003c\/i\u003e featured interviews with members of eighteen terrorist groups, including FARC, the IRA, the Shining Path, and Hezbollah, and won a British Broadcast Award in 2003. He is the author of\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eCocaine\u003c\/i\u003e, which the\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e (UK) described as a definitive history\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50460120613138,"sku":"9780312427924","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_70d2d64f-c323-43ce-b1c0-b54703f98af6.jpg?v=1730028680","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/brainwash-the-secret-history-of-mind-control-9780312427924","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}