Book · 2019 · United states, politics and government
Poisoner In Chief
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It's called Poisoner in Chief on Sidney Gottlieb.
What they say about it
- Explores CIA mind control“the CIA search for mind control”2
- Quotes from the book2
The best things said about it
And in his excellent book, Poisonerin Chief, Steven Kinzer writes, quote, they focused on the way Menzanti had behaved during his trial. He appeared disoriented, spoke in a flat monotone, and confessed to crimes that he had evidently not committed.
He is the author of 10 books his most recent book poisoner in Chief Sydney gotle and the CIA search for mind control.
And I'm going to quote from Ker's poisoner and chief here. Wol shared Dulles's fascination with the idea of mind control. He had developed a theory woven from various disciplines that a combination of drugs and sensory deprivation could wipe the mind clean.
So Steven Kzer, who writes Poisoner and Chief, which is about Gotautleb, is the guy who I think has done the most detailed workup on Sydney as a man.
And I'm going to quote from Poisoner and Chief here. This set a precedent that marked a breakthrough for the CIA. By opening prisons, the agency established its right not only to detain and imprison people in other countries, but to interrogate them harshly while they were in custody without regard for US law.
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Why people recommend it
Poisoner in Chief by Stephen Kinzer is a historical nonfiction book detailing the life of Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA’s clandestine efforts to develop mind control and chemical weapons during the Cold War. The book received attention across several podcasts, including Timcast IRL, where Tim Pool recommended it during a discussion on historical government conspiracies. On The Book Review, Gilbert Cruz and Stephen Kinzer discussed the origins of the project and Gottlieb's role heading the agency's search for behavioral modification techniques through substances like LSD. Robert Evans featured the book prominently on Behind the Bastards, citing Kinzer's research to explain the theories of figures like Harold Wolff, who believed that a combination of drugs and sensory deprivation could wipe a subject's mind clean. Evans used Kinzer's documentation to illustrate how CIA psychiatrists and psychologists persisted with their behavior laboratories and human experimentation even after the official MKUltra program faced setbacks. Commentators utilized the text to illuminate the darker chapters of intelligence history and the bureaucratic pursuit of psychological control.
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Tim Pool read the book poisoner and chief that is really funny to point out 1
“read the book poisoner and chief that is really funny to point out”
Robert Evans And I'm going to quote from Ker's poisoner and chief here. Wol shared Dulles's fascination with the idea of… 8
“And I'm going to quote from Ker's poisoner and chief here. Wol shared Dulles's fascination with the idea of mind control. He had developed a theory woven from various disciplines that a combination of drugs and sensory deprivation could wipe the mind clean”
“However, as this passage from Poisoner and Chief makes clear, Gotley remained actively pursuing mind control technology, even after MK Ultra proved a disappointment. Quote, "In their behavior laboratories, the psychiatrists and psychologists continued experimenting. Once more, they had turned to an earlier line of research, implanting electrodes in the brain."”
“And I'm going to quote now from Poisoner and Chief. He posed alternatingly as a merchant seaman or a bohemian artist and consorted with a vast array of underworld characters”
“So Steven Kzer, who writes Poisoner and Chief, which is about Gotautleb, is the guy who I think has done the most detailed workup on Sydney as a man.”
“I'm going to quote next from Ker's book. Quote, "His studio was near Le Select, but after a while he came to prefer another cafe, Leon, just across the boulevard deontess.”
“And so, I'd like to quote from one more passage of Kinszer's book here before we close out for the day. There, he or she was fed LSD and given only minimal amounts of food, water, and oxygen.”
“And in his excellent book, Poisonerin Chief, Steven Kinzer writes, quote, they focused on the way Menzanti had behaved during his trial. He appeared disoriented, spoke in a flat monotone, and confessed to crimes that he had evidently not committed.”
“And I'm going to quote from Poisoner and Chief here. This set a precedent that marked a breakthrough for the CIA. By opening prisons, the agency established its right not only to detain and imprison people in other countries, but to interrogate them harshly while they were in custody without regard for US law.”
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“he is the author of 10 books his most recent book poisoner in Chief Sydney gotle and the CIA search for mind control”
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Emily Jashinsky It's called Poisoner in Chief on Sidney Gottlieb. 1
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