The Official Cia Manual Of Trickery And Deception [Paperback]

Once a top-secret training manual for CIA field agents in the early Cold War Era of the 1950s,The Official CIA Manual of Trickery and Deceptionis now available to the general public. An amazing historical artifact, this eye-opening handbook offered step-by-step instructions to covert intelligence operatives in all manner of spycraft, sleight of hand, and trickery designed to thwart the Communist enemy. Part of the Companys infamous MK-ULTRAa secret mind-control and chemical interrogation research programthis legendary, now declassified document, the brainchild of John Mulholland, then Americas most famous magician, was believed lost forever. But thanks to former CIA gadgeteer Bob Wallace and renowned spycraft historian H. Keith Melton,The Official CIA Manual of Trickery and Deceptionis now available to everyone, spy and civilian alike.

This landmark document reveals the secret tradecraft of clandestine operations:

• Cold War Espionage:Uncover the methods developed to thwart the Communist enemy during one of the most dangerous periods in U.S. history.
• Surreptitious Delivery:Learn step-by-step sleight of hand instructions for covertly handling tablets, powders, and liquids, designed by Americas most famous magician, John Mulholland.
• Deception Techniques:Master the arts of misdirection, secret communication, and surreptitious removal of objects from the perspective of a master illusionist.
• MK-ULTRA Secrets:Gain insight into the CIAs infamous mind-control research program and the legendary, long-lost manual that was part of it.

Magic or spycraft? In 1953, against the backdrop of the Cold War, the CIA initiated a top-secret program, code-named MKULTRA, to counter Soviet mind-control and interrogation techniques. Realizing that clandestine officers might need to covertly deploy newly developed pills, potions, and powders against the adversary, the CIA hired America's molCË