POISONER IN CHIEF. Copyright © 2019 by Stephen Kinzer. All rights reserved. For information, address Henry Holt and Co., 120 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10271.
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The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:
Names: Kinzer, Stephen, author.
Title: Poisoner in chief: Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA search for mind
control / Stephen Kinzer.
Description: First edition. | New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2019. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019007076 | ISBN 9781250140432 (hardcover)
Subjects: LCSH: Gottlieb, Sidney, 1918–1999. | Project MKULTRA. | Brainwashing—United States—History—20th century. | Hallucinogenic drugs—United States—History—20th century. | LSD (Drug)—United States—History—20th century. | United States. Central Intelligence Agency—History—20th century.
Classification: LCC JK486.I6 K56 2019 | DDC 327.12730092 [B]—dc23
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e-ISBN 9781250140449
First Edition: October 2019
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