Provides a social history of how the CIA used the psychedelic drug LSD as a tool of espionage during the early 1950s and tested it on U.S. citizens before it spread into popular culture, in particular the counterculture as represented by Timothy Leary, Allen Ginsberg, Ken Kesey, and others who helped spawn political and social upheaval.
First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
The Chilling Story of the Rise of the Neo-Nazi Movement - First Edition
In this expertly researched and gripping narrative, Martin Lee traces the history of neo-Nazism though the past fifty years - and reveals the growing symbiosis between right-wing groups in Europe and America. From Nazi spymasters in the post-war German intelligence services to Nazi emigres in South America, Lee shows how a well-organized underground network kept memoris of the Third Reich alive thoughtout the Cold War. And while European Nazis necessarily kept a low profile, American groups such as the Holocaust-denying Liberty Lobby openly promoted the fascist agenda.With the fall of the Berlin Wall, fascism in Europe - dormant for forty-five years - began making headlines again. German skinheads, many inspired by neo-Nazi propaganda originating in the US, terrorized minorities. And with the Oklahoma City bombing, America's own militia movement served notice that fascist extremism was alive and well on both sides of the Atlantic.
Nesmyšlený, faktografický obraz šedesátých let, pozadí vzniku Hippies a LSD - magické drogy, která to celé rozjela. CIA, která se snažila nalézt sérum pravdy, harvardští profesoři a psychiatři, kteří brali LSD společně s pacienty, agenti zpravodajské služby, provádějící už v padesátých letech pokusy na nic netušícím obyvatelstvu, Timothy Leary a jeho partička osvícenců v Millbrooku... ti všichni propadli kouzlu psychedelické modly, kterou je kyselina lysergová. Strhující vyprávění o tom, jak LSD ovlivnilo sociologii, psychologii a celou kulturu, politiku a společnost dvacátého století.