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Armele secrete ale CIA. Tortura, manipulare si arme chimice
Desde la década de los cincuenta, la CIA ha venido desarrollando programas de investigación para mejorar sus técnicas de manipulación mental. Desde entonces ha contado con médicos y psiquiatras capaces, si fuera necesario, de inocular drogas y aplicar tratamientos de electrochoque, con el fin de desarrollar el "recondicionamiento menta" de los enemigos de EEUU. Las armas secretas d ela CIA revela toda la verdad sobre las técnicas de la Agencia a la hora de sacar información a sus prisioneros.
320 pages, Paperback
Published March 1, 2010
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About the author
Gordon Thomas
120 books198 followersGordon Thomas (born 1933) is a Welsh author who has written more than fifty books.
Thomas was born in Wales, in a cemetery keeper's cottage where his grandmother lived. He had his first story published at nine years old in a Boy's Own Paper competition. With his father in the RAF, he traveled widely and was educated at the Cairo High School, the Maritz Brothers (in Port Elizabeth, South Africa) and, lastly, at Bedford Modern School. His first book, completed at the age of seventeen, is the story of a British spy in Russia during World War II, titled Descent Into Danger. He refused the offer of a job at a university in order to accompany a traveling fair for a year: he used those experiences for his novel, Bed of Nails. Since then his books have been published worldwide. He has been a foreign correspondent beginning with the Suez Crisis and ending with the first Gulf War. He was a BBC writer/producer for three flagship BBC programmes: Man Alive, Tomorrow's World and Horizon.
He is a regular contributor to Facta, the respected monthly Japanese news magazine, and he lectures widely on the secret world of intelligence. He also provides expert analysis on intelligence for US and European television and radio programs.His book Gideon's Spies: Mossad's Secret Warriors became a major documentary for Channel Four that he wrote and narrated: The Spy Machine. It followed three years of research during which he was given unprecedented access to Mossad’s main personnel. The documentary was co-produced by Open Media and Israfilm.
Gideon's Spies: Mossad's Secret Warriors has so far been published in 16 languages. A source for this book was Ari Ben-Menashe, a former Israeli intelligence agent, and legendary Israeli spy Rafi Eitan. According to Charles Foster in Contemporary Review: "Writers who know their place are few and far between: fortunately Mr Thomas is one of them. By keeping to his place as a tremendous storyteller without a preacher's pretensions, he has put his book amongst the important chronicles of the state of Israel."
Thomas was born in Wales, in a cemetery keeper's cottage where his grandmother lived. He had his first story published at nine years old in a Boy's Own Paper competition. With his father in the RAF, he traveled widely and was educated at the Cairo High School, the Maritz Brothers (in Port Elizabeth, South Africa) and, lastly, at Bedford Modern School. His first book, completed at the age of seventeen, is the story of a British spy in Russia during World War II, titled Descent Into Danger. He refused the offer of a job at a university in order to accompany a traveling fair for a year: he used those experiences for his novel, Bed of Nails. Since then his books have been published worldwide. He has been a foreign correspondent beginning with the Suez Crisis and ending with the first Gulf War. He was a BBC writer/producer for three flagship BBC programmes: Man Alive, Tomorrow's World and Horizon.
He is a regular contributor to Facta, the respected monthly Japanese news magazine, and he lectures widely on the secret world of intelligence. He also provides expert analysis on intelligence for US and European television and radio programs.His book Gideon's Spies: Mossad's Secret Warriors became a major documentary for Channel Four that he wrote and narrated: The Spy Machine. It followed three years of research during which he was given unprecedented access to Mossad’s main personnel. The documentary was co-produced by Open Media and Israfilm.
Gideon's Spies: Mossad's Secret Warriors has so far been published in 16 languages. A source for this book was Ari Ben-Menashe, a former Israeli intelligence agent, and legendary Israeli spy Rafi Eitan. According to Charles Foster in Contemporary Review: "Writers who know their place are few and far between: fortunately Mr Thomas is one of them. By keeping to his place as a tremendous storyteller without a preacher's pretensions, he has put his book amongst the important chronicles of the state of Israel."
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March 27, 2014
-Al borde de lo lisérgico (nunca mejor dicho, independientemente de su veracidad.-
Género. Ensayo (por llamarlo de alguna manera).
Lo que nos cuenta. Partiendo de situaciones contemporáneas al respecto, viaje a los supuestos orígenes, con saltos en el tiempo, de los también supuestos (insisto) proyectos de la CIA sobre control mental, drogas alucionógenas y armas bacteriológicas, centrándose en curiosos personajes como el doctor Gottlieb, Frank Olson, William Buckley o el doctor Cameron y en programas como el MK-ULTRA.
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Género. Ensayo (por llamarlo de alguna manera).
Lo que nos cuenta. Partiendo de situaciones contemporáneas al respecto, viaje a los supuestos orígenes, con saltos en el tiempo, de los también supuestos (insisto) proyectos de la CIA sobre control mental, drogas alucionógenas y armas bacteriológicas, centrándose en curiosos personajes como el doctor Gottlieb, Frank Olson, William Buckley o el doctor Cameron y en programas como el MK-ULTRA.
¿Quiere saber más de este libro, sin spoilers? Visite:
http://librosdeolethros.blogspot.com/...
May 2, 2019
La verdad el libro solo habla de las tecnicas y experimentos que se hicieron para el control mental y el uso de drogas nuevas en aquel momento como el LSD y otras técnicas como el electrochoque La verdad no es un libro de investigación periodística sino mas bien novelado La verdad es que el autor peca muchas veces de demasiada inventiva es decir sabia y detallaba cosas que dejan claro que uso mas su imaginación que un análisis periodístico de documentos .
El libro se deja leer pero al final es muy repetitivo es decir da vueltas y vueltas sobre lo mismo
A mi me llego a cansar no es un mal libro pero tampoco bueno es mas una novela con algún dato verídico y mucha imaginación que una investigación periodística con entrevistas y datos concretos.
Yo particularmente no recomendaría leerlo por que yo buscaba algo mas conciso sin novelar si hubiera querido una novela hubiera elegido alguna a historia de espias.
El libro se deja leer pero al final es muy repetitivo es decir da vueltas y vueltas sobre lo mismo
A mi me llego a cansar no es un mal libro pero tampoco bueno es mas una novela con algún dato verídico y mucha imaginación que una investigación periodística con entrevistas y datos concretos.
Yo particularmente no recomendaría leerlo por que yo buscaba algo mas conciso sin novelar si hubiera querido una novela hubiera elegido alguna a historia de espias.
March 3, 2018
Plictisitoare carte. In afara de cultura generala, pentru fanii call of duty, de genul: hesbollah, sau prima racheta v2, sau fuga nord coreenilor mai intai in china si altele..., se simte de parca ai asculta doi mosnegi despre teoria conspiratiei, in parc.
December 18, 2023
Causa indignación leer este libro. Cuanto juego sucio, cuanto deshumanización, cuanto dolor causado por guerras que al final nadie ganó.
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