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Journey into Madness Mass Market Paperback – May 1, 1990

by Gordon Thomas (Author)
4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 13 ratings
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Looks at the use of mind-control and torture in espionage
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  1. Language
    English
  2. Publisher
    Bantam
  3. Publication date
    May 1, 1990
  4. ISBN-10
    0553284134
  5. ISBN-13
    978-0553284133
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bantam (May 1, 1990)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0553284134
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0553284133
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 7.2 ounces
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 13 ratings

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Gordon Thomas

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Gordon Thomas is a political and investigative journalist and the author of 53 books, published in more than 30 countries and in dozens of languages. The total sales of his works exceed 45 million copies.

Thomas’ most recent bestseller is Gideon’s Spies: Mossad’s Secret Warriors. Published in 16 languages and 40 countries Gideon’s Spies is known throughout the world as the leading resource on Israeli intelligence. An updated edition will be published in 2012 by St. Martin’s Press. Gideon’s Spies was made into a major documentary for Channel Four in Britain, which Thomas wrote and narrated, called The Spy Machine. The Observer called The Spy Machine a “clear” picture of Israeli intelligence operations, and The Times called it “impressive,” and ”chilling.”

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Marty
5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating, scary, shocking!
Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2014
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I've read quite a bit (and knew someone whose life was ruined by) the horrible turn psychiatry made in the late 1940's through early 1960's with it's lobotomies and other torturous treatments. This book delves into these misguided years of treating the mentally ill and ties it in with the government's intense drive to learn mind control and brainwashing. There were a lot of weird things going on in the 50's and 60's (Korean War brainwashing, Gary Powers, research projects from hell) that are discussed in this book.
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Jason P. Jurado
5.0 out of 5 stars wonderful read with great history
Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2013
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This book is a great read on the CIA programs like MK Ultra etc but also good back story and historical perspective. wonderful read.
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Peter R. Salajka
3.0 out of 5 stars Very informative but interminable at times
Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2002
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This is an extremely well-researched book on experiments with brainwashing and medical torture. It is quite interesting but at times interminable. It's just that there are probably a few hundred pages that I found tedious and insignificant. All things considered, I recommend this if you like books on the aforementioned topics.
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"joematters"
5.0 out of 5 stars GORDON THOMAS SHOULD BE GIVEN THE NOBLE PEACE PRIZE
Reviewed in the United States on November 5, 2002
Journey into Madness is one of THE ABSOLUTE BEST books I have ever read in my entire life. If I was the principal of a High School, Journey Into Madness would be a required reading for all of the students. The young people need to learn that they have the right to living a pain-free life. And they need to understand that they will NOT get into trouble for reporting distressful or torturous experiences to authorities like they're librarians, nurses, and teachers. Thank you, Gordon Thomas, for being so kind as to offer the peace and mercy needed in the hearts of so many children and adults around the world. The American children are forever in debt to you for your merciful kindness.
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Ahram al-Yardum
3.0 out of 5 stars not a must-have, but still contains some otherwise rare information
Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2012
This book, from 1989, reads like three books. The first is a narrative of the hunt for Dr. Aziz al-Abub, Iranian Hezbollah medical doctor who tortured, among others, Agent William Buckley for weeks and week on end until finally he broke, appearing on videos to claim self-determination rights for occupied Lebanon. The hunt for al-Abub (whose name was a nom-de-guerre meaning `punishment', suggested, reportedly, by Abu Nidal, whose lecture in Tehran Abub attended) went on until he vanished. The last anyone heard of him was when he left Beirut for Tehran in 1978. This chapter merely hints at the CIA `involvement' in al-Abub's training and his discipleship to Ewen Cameron, Scottish-American psychiatrist and developer of techniques used by the CIA for torture.

Book two is the history of the abuse of medical knowledge since WW II, detailing incidents such as North Korean brainwashing during the Korean War (an incident in which captured American servicemen appeared on television espousing Communism--much to the dismay of many, including Allen Dulles; conscientious objectors used as guinea pigs; electroshock treatments (so-called) at Allen Memorial Hospital; the Frank Olson incident; the Mary Morrow incident; other LSD experiments; Vietnam; Oswald; devil worshipers (?) etc. All of it, he surmises, is reminiscent of Mengele. This chapter is especially damning to Dulles, who was director of the CIA, and is told partially from the point of view of his wife, Clover. Dulles' relationship with the monstrous Cameron is told in detail. Cameron was responsible for using Canadian mental patients as guinea pigs for medical torture experiments (LSD, induced sleep, psychic driving, etc.) in the name of national security.

Book three covers the post-Watergate scene and the Reagan era; Claire Sterling's "The Terror Network" is evaluated. It covers Mehmet Ali Agca; the CIA's involvement in the creation of Arab police; Qadhaffi; Sadat's assassination and examples of medical torture dating to the British in Kenya and the Roman Empire. Bringing the indictment of the CIA as progenitor of medical torture to a head, the book concludes with examples of the spread of the phenomenon of medical doctors employing torture everywhere from Cyprus to Sri Lanka.
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Terri. Jester the staffy’s mom and anAmazon Customer
5.0 out of 5 stars Arrived in excellent condition, delighted.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 10, 2022
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Bought as an additional psychology degree study resource.
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passatempoca
5.0 out of 5 stars good
Reviewed in Canada on July 21, 2017
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Very informartive and well documented
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