In particular, the discovery of the hallucinogenic (psychedelic) drug LSD by Albert Hofman of the Sandoz drug company in Basle, Switzerland was to play a central role in the coming experimental 'science' of mind manipulation. The author begins by noting the influence of World War II and Nazi science on subsequent investigations by the CIA, formerly the OSS. He notes that without the release of this material his research would not have been possible. Marks obtained much of his material from documents released through the Freedom of Information Act however, he had to actively pursue these documents and was involved in a lawsuit against the CIA in order to obtain much of his material.

_The Search for the 'Manchurian Candidate': The CIA and Mind Control_ by John Marks published in 1979 is a somewhat dated account of the CIA's experiments in mind control. If both the past and the external world exist only in the mind, and if the mind itself is controllable - what then? - George Orwell from _1984_.

The search for the manchurian candidate