{"product_id":"the-official-cia-interrogation-manipulation-manual-the-cold-war-kubark-files-updated-2014-release-full-size-edition-newly-indexed-with-glossary-9781720541813","title":"The Official CIA Interrogation \u0026 Manipulation Manual: The Cold War KUBARK Files - Updated 2014 Release, Full-Size Edition, Newly Indexed with Glossary","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNING\u003c\/b\u003e THE \u003cb\u003eMIND GAME\u003c\/b\u003e OF \u003cb\u003eESPIONAGE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eOfficial C.I.A. declassified material\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNew\u003c\/b\u003e introduction, glossary \u0026amp; updated index.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFull-size\u003c\/b\u003e 8.5\"x11\" format.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eIMPORTANT\u003c\/b\u003e: this manual was first released under the Freedom of Information Act in 1997, heavily redacted. \u003cb\u003eIt was released \u003ci\u003eagain\u003c\/i\u003e in 2014\u003c\/b\u003e, with a large amount of \u003cb\u003eadditional newly-declassified material\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cb\u003eUnlike older versions available\u003c\/b\u003e, which contain only the 1997 content, this edition effectively contains \u003cb\u003eboth versions\u003c\/b\u003e: the newly-released 2014 material is printed in \u003cb\u003ebold text\u003c\/b\u003e. Get the \u003cb\u003efull version\u003c\/b\u003e!\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNewly-digitized text\u003c\/b\u003e: large, clear print - NOT a cheap scanned copy!\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\"Batteries last hours, books last decades: \u003cb\u003eget the print edition!\u003c\/b\u003e\"\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eExtracting \u003cb\u003eactionable intelligence\u003c\/b\u003e from an \u003cb\u003euncooperative suspect\u003c\/b\u003e is a subject fraught with difficulty. When the stakes are as high as those of \u003cb\u003eanti-Soviet counterintelligence investigations of the Cold War\u003c\/b\u003e, those difficulties multiply.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis \u003cb\u003eunique\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003enow-declassified manual\u003c\/b\u003e makes an \u003cb\u003eunflinching and in-depth\u003c\/b\u003e examination of the \u003cb\u003etechniques of the CIA interrogator\u003c\/b\u003e tasked with tracking down and exposing \u003cb\u003emoles\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003esleepers\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003edouble-agents and more\u003c\/b\u003e. It equips the reader with the tools to \u003cb\u003e\"read\"\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003equestion\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003einfluence\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003emanipulate\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eeventually break\u003c\/b\u003e even the most recalcitrant subject - and the ability to \u003cb\u003erecognize when these powerful techniques are used against you\u003c\/b\u003e!\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Its treatment of the \u003cb\u003ehuman dynamic between interrogator and interrogatee\u003c\/b\u003e, and the \u003cb\u003efundamentals of the counterintelligence mindset\u003c\/b\u003e, are \u003cb\u003eevergreen\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003ehighly instructive\u003c\/b\u003e. Far from being a historical document only, this is a \u003cb\u003eprofitable read\u003c\/b\u003e for anyone who wishes to better-understand the \u003cb\u003estrategy\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003etactics\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003einterplay\u003c\/b\u003e of the \u003cb\u003ebattle for possession of knowledge\u003c\/b\u003e played out between investigator and suspect.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMoreover, its frank treatment of 'coercive' techniques is a \u003cb\u003eunique and salutary education in the ways of intelligence operatives and secret police around the world\u003c\/b\u003e - in particular, those of countries ruled by repressive regimes whose representatives may not observe the 'profound moral objection[s]\" the book describes.\" \u003ci\u003e- From the Publisher's Introduction.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eInformation purposes only.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eProudly published in the U.S.A. by CARLILE MEDIA.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Createspace Independent Publishing Platform","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50645634482450,"sku":"9781720541813","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e902a58f-9621-4c56-9753-78233c3ba3db.jpg?v=1733157502","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-official-cia-interrogation-manipulation-manual-the-cold-war-kubark-files-updated-2014-release-full-size-edition-newly-indexed-with-glossary-9781720541813","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}