Poisoner in Chief: Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA Search for Mind Control
The bestselling author of All the Shah’s Men and The Brothers tells the astonishing story of the man who oversaw the CIA’s secret drug and mind-control experiments of the 1950s and ’60s.
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.
To purchase:
Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Indiebound | Hudson Booksellers | iBooks
The beauty queen who terrifies a dictator
Nicaragua’s bizarre autocratic regime gives the impression it’s in total control. So why does Miss Universe pose such a threat?
Argentina may be undertaking the world’s most radical experiment in populism
Javier Milei declared himself ‘king of a lost world’ — and young voters were among his biggest supporters.
The Ukraine war has no end in sight
Both sides are signaling they won’t accept anything short of total victory.
War is a cost of holding on to history too tightly
We often presume that conflict begins over resources or economic interests. But the explanation can be more visceral.
