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Acid dreams

the complete social history of LSD : the CIA, the sixties, and beyond

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An edition of Acid dreams (1985)

Acid dreams

the complete social history of LSD : the CIA, the sixties, and beyond

Rev. Evergreen ed.

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"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."--Jacket.

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Grove Weidenfeld
Language
English
Pages
345

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Subjects

Drug abuse, United States. Central Intelligence Agency, United States, LSD (Drug), Social history, Nineteen sixties, Subcultuur, LSD, USA, Sozialgeschichte 1960-1970, USA Central Intelligence Agency, Geschichte (1960-1970), Sociale geschiedenis, Studentenbewegung, United states, social conditions, 1945-, United states, social conditions, 1960-

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1960-1970, 1970-
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Cover of: Acid dreams
Acid dreams: the complete social history of LSD : the CIA, the sixties, and beyond
1992, Grove Weidenfeld
in English - Rev. Evergreen ed.
Cover of: Acid dreams
Acid dreams: the complete social history of LSD : the CIA, the sixties, and beyond
1992, Grove
in English
Cover of: Acid dreams
Acid dreams: the CIA, LSD, and the sixties rebellion
1990, Grove Weidenfeld
in English
Cover of: Acid dreams
Acid dreams: the CIA, LSD, and the sixties rebellion
1985, Grove Press, Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated
in English - 1st Grove Press ed.

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 298-332) and index.
"An Evergreen book"--Cover.

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New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
306/.1
Library of Congress
HV5822.L9 L45 1992,

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxv, 345 p., [12] p. of plates :
Number of pages
345

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL1700854M
ISBN 10
0802130623
LCCN
92001238
OCLC/WorldCat
25281992, 663581950
LibraryThing
189032
Goodreads
260352

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Work ID
OL3353966W

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