The Assets - Couverture rigide

Allbeury, Ted

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0340770546 ISBN 13 : 9780340770542

Editeur : Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 2000

Synopsis

Ted Allbeury's latest novel concerns the potentially explosive topic of MK Ultra, the most secret operation in the CIA. MK Ultra is concerned with the use of mind-control under the influence of hypnosis and, sometimes, drugs. The problems started when the CIA ruled out the use of volunteers in these experiements because volunteers would give a false picture of the effects of the drug and could distort the effects of the hypnosis. As always, Ted Allbeury uses the facts splendidly in his novel, which tells of the disturbing, terrifying and sometimes tragic human consequences of these experiments. His hero, Senator Joe Maguire, is a fundamentally decent man whose unenviable task it is to monitor the goings-on of MK Ultra and to pick up the pieces when things go horribly wrong. As they do. THE ASSETS raises disturbing issues and ethical dilemmas to which there are no easy answers.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Ted Allbeury was a lieutenant-colonel in the Intelligence Corps during World War II, and later a successful executive in the fields of marketing, advertising and radio. He has been writing since the early 1970s, and his novels have now been published in 23 languages, including Russian.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0340770546
• ISBN 13: 9780340770542
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 264
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible