During the height of the Cold War paranoia, the United States government authorized a clandestine program to weaponize the human mind. Using unconsenting citizens, hallucinogenic drugs, sensory deprivation, and electroshock therapy, the CIA sought the ultimate truth serum and the ability to program assassins. Project MKUltra sounds like the plot of a dystopian thriller, but the declassified documents reveal a chilling reality of institutional overreach. Operating in the shadows for two decades, top scientists and intelligence officers abandoned all ethical constraints in a desperate arms race for psychological supremacy. The project devastated countless lives, achieving very little scientific insight but leaving a legacy of profound trauma. This book exposes the bureaucratic architecture of illegal human experimentation. It traces the origins of MKUltra from the ruins of post-war intelligence to its desperate attempts to manipulate human behavior, examining the complicity of the medical establishment in these government-funded atrocities. Confront the dark history of institutional abuse. Uncover the terrifying lengths to which governments will go in the name of national security, and the enduring necessity of ethical oversight.
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -During the height of the Cold War paranoia, the United States government authorized a clandestine program to weaponize the human mind. Using unconsenting citizens, hallucinogenic drugs, sensory deprivation, and electroshock therapy, the CIA sought the ultimate truth serum and the ability to program assassins.Project MKUltra sounds like the plot of a dystopian thriller, but the declassified documents reveal a chilling reality of institutional overreach. Operating in the shadows for two decades, top scientists and intelligence officers abandoned all ethical constraints in a desperate arms race for psychological supremacy. The project devastated countless lives, achieving very little scientific insight but leaving a legacy of profound trauma.This book exposes the bureaucratic architecture of illegal human experimentation. It traces the origins of MKUltra from the ruins of post-war intelligence to its desperate attempts to manipulate human behavior, examining the complicity of the medical establishment in these government-funded atrocities.Confront the dark history of institutional abuse. Uncover the terrifying lengths to which governments will go in the name of national security, and the enduring necessity of ethical oversight. 108 pp. Englisch. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9783565295784
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - During the height of the Cold War paranoia, the United States government authorized a clandestine program to weaponize the human mind. Using unconsenting citizens, hallucinogenic drugs, sensory deprivation, and electroshock therapy, the CIA sought the ultimate truth serum and the ability to program assassins.Project MKUltra sounds like the plot of a dystopian thriller, but the declassified documents reveal a chilling reality of institutional overreach. Operating in the shadows for two decades, top scientists and intelligence officers abandoned all ethical constraints in a desperate arms race for psychological supremacy. The project devastated countless lives, achieving very little scientific insight but leaving a legacy of profound trauma.This book exposes the bureaucratic architecture of illegal human experimentation. It traces the origins of MKUltra from the ruins of post-war intelligence to its desperate attempts to manipulate human behavior, examining the complicity of the medical establishment in these government-funded atrocities.Confront the dark history of institutional abuse. Uncover the terrifying lengths to which governments will go in the name of national security, and the enduring necessity of ethical oversight. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9783565295784
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Mind Control | Project MKUltra and the CIA's Descent into Psychological [.] | Danny G. Holland | Taschenbuch | Englisch | epubli | EAN 9783565295784 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Neopubli GmbH (Imprint: epubli), Köpenicker Str. 154a, 10997 Berlin, produktsicherheit[at]epubli[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 134674864
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