The Search for the Manchurian Candid..., John D. Marks
The Search for the Manchurian Candid..., John D. Marks
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The Search for the "Manchurian Candidate"
The CIA and Mind Control: The Secret History of the Behavioral Sciences

Author: John D. Marks

Narrator: Sean Runnette

Unabridged: 8 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 02/18/2020

Synopsis

A "Manchurian Candidate" is an unwitting assassin brainwashed and programmed to kill. In this book, former State Department officer John Marks tells the explosive story of the CIA's highly secret program of experiments in mind control. His curiosity first aroused by information on a puzzling suicide. Marks worked from thousands of pages of newly released documents as well as interviews and behavioral science studies, producing a book that "accomplished what two Senate committees could not" (Senator Edward Kennedy).

About John D. Marks

John Marks is the founder and former president of Search for Common Ground (SFCG), a nonprofit organization based in Washington DC that focuses on international conflict management programming. He is also a former Foreign Service Officer of the US Department of State and author of The Search for the "Manchurian Candidate": The CIA and Mind Control.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Erik

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

Goodreads review by Cav

"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

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