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03108aam a2200373 i 4500 001 E1B90DFA6B6D11EBAC842A332BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210210010032 008 191213s2020 nyua b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 9781250762627 020 $a 1250762626 035 $a (OCoLC)1130372155 040 $a YDX $b eng $c YDX $d BDX $d OCLCQ $d UKMGB $d OCLCO $d ONB $d OCLCO $d JIU $d SILO 100 1 $a Kinzer, Stephen. 245 10 $a Poisoner in chief : $b Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA search for mind control / $c Stephen Kinzer. 250 $a First St. Martin's Griffin Edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b St. Martin's Griffin, an imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group, $c 2020. 300 $a 365 pages, 8 pages of unnumbered plates : $b illustrations ; $c 22 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-345) and index. 520 $a "The visionary chemist Sidney Gottlieb was the CIA's master magician and gentlehearted torturer--the agency's 'poisoner in chief.' As head of the MK-ULTRA mind control project, he directed brutal experiments at secret prisons on three continents. He made pills, powders, and potions that could kill or maim without a trace--including some intended for Fidel Castro and other foreign leaders. He paid prostitutes to lure clients to CIA-run bordellos, where they were secretly dosed with mind-altering drugs. His experiments spread LSD across the United States, making him a hidden godfather of the 1960s counterculture. For years he was the chief supplier of spy tools used by CIA officers around the world. Stephen Kinzer, author of groundbreaking books about U.S. clandestine operations, draws on new documentary research and original interviews to bring to life one of the most powerful unknown Americans of the twentieth century. Gottlieb's reckless experiments on 'expendable' human subjects destroyed many lives, yet he considered himself deeply spiritual. He lived in a remote cabin without running water, meditated, and rose before dawn to milk his goats. During his twenty-two years at the CIA, Gottlieb worked in the deepest secrecy. Only since his death has it become possible to piece together his astonishing career at the intersection of extreme science and covert action. Poisoner in Chief reveals him as a clandestine conjurer on an epic scale" --Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Gottlieb, Sidney, $d 1918-1999. 610 20 $a Project MKULTRA. 610 10 $a United States. $b Central Intelligence Agency $x History $y 20th century. 610 10 $a United States. $b Central Intelligence Agency $x Employees $v Biography. 650 0 $a Chemists $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Intelligence service $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Brainwashing $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Hallucinogenic drugs $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a LSD (Drug) $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft 941 $a 1 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20210211010815.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E1B90DFA6B6D11EBAC842A332BECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b JIUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search