ACID DREAMS. The CIA, LSD And The Sixties Rebellion. de Lee, Martin A. And Bruce Shlain - 1992

Grove Press:, 1992. First printed in 1985, this book is the revied edition from 1992, 345 pages, illustrated. "Acid Dreams is the complete social history of LSD and the counterculture it helped to define in the sixties. Lee and 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 1950's and launched a massive covert research program, in which countless unwitting citizens were used a 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." FINE SOFTCOVER.. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.