Acid dreams : the complete social history of LSD : the CIA, the sixties, and beyond /
Acid Dreams is the complete social history of LSD and the counterculture it helped to define in the sixties. Martin Lee and Bruce Shlain's exhaustively researched and astonishing account -- part of it gleaned from secret government files -- tells how the CIA became obsessed with LSD as an espio...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Grove Weidenfeld,
1992
New York : Grove Press ; Distributed by Publishers Group West, [1992], ©1992 New York : [Emeryville] : 1992 |
| Edition: | Rev. Evergreen ed |
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| Summary: | Acid Dreams is the complete social history of LSD and the counterculture it helped to define in the sixties. Martin Lee and Bruce Shlain's exhaustively researched and astonishing account -- part of it gleaned from secret government files -- tells how the CIA became obsessed with LSD as an espionage weapon during the early 1950s and launched a massive covert research program, in which countless unwitting citizens were used as guinea pigs. Though the CIA was intent on keeping the drug to itself, it ultimately couldn't prevent it from spreading into the popular culture; here LSD had a profound impact and helped spawn a political and social upheaval that changed the face of America. From the clandestine operations of the government to the escapades of Timothy Leary, Abbie Hoffman, Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters, Allen Ginsberg, and many others, Acid Dreams provides an important and entertaining account that goes to the heart of a turbulent period in our history |
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| Item Description: | This WorldCat-derived record is shareable under Open Data Commons ODC-BY, with attribution to OCLC "An Evergreen book"--Cover "An Evergreen book"--P. 4 of cover |
| Physical Description: | xxv, 345 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm xxv, 345 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm xxv, 345 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 298-332) and index Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-332) and index Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-332) and index |
| ISBN: | 0802130623 (acid-free paper) : 0802130623 (alk. paper) 0802130623 9780802130624 (acid-free paper) |