Reviews

Praise"Engaging throughout. . . . At once entertaining and disturbing."--Andrew Weil, M.D., The Nation"Marvelously detailed . . . loaded with startling revelations."--Los Angeles Daily News"Excellent. . . . Captivating. . . . A generalist's history that should replace all others."--San Francisco Chronicle"A landmark contribution to the sociopolitical history of the U.S. . . . Some of the liveliest, most absorbing, best-documented historical analyses to appear in recent years. . . . A seminal contribution to understanding America's most turbulent modern decade."--Choice"This funny and irreverent book brings it all back."--The Washington Post"Recounts some of the most bizarre incidents in the history of U.S. intelligence."--The Boston Globe"A monumental social history of psychedelia."--The Village Voice"A blistering exposé of CIA drug experimentation on Americans. It's all there."--John Stockwell"Highly readable. . . . Well researched. . . . Filled with entertaining and bizarre episodes."--The Detroit Free Press"An important study of cultural history. . . . The scholarship is exquisite and the methods sensible."--Allen Ginsberg"An engrossing account of a period . . . when a tiny psychoactive molecule affected almost every aspect of Western life."--William S. Burroughs"A missing link, a work of combat history, a devastating combination of facts and poetry that is bound to arouse controversy."--Paul Krassner"An important historical synthesis of the spread and effects of a drug that served as a central metaphor for an era."--John Sayles