Acid Dreams

Acid Dreams
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Publisher : Grove Press
Total Pages : 392
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ISBN-10 : 0802130623
ISBN-13 : 9780802130624
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Book Synopsis Acid Dreams by : Martin A. Lee

Download or read book Acid Dreams written by Martin A. Lee and published by Grove Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a social history of how the CIA used the psychedelic drug LSD as a tool of espionage during the early 1950s and tested it on U.S. citizens before it spread into popular culture, in particular the counterculture as represented by Timothy Leary, Allen Ginsberg, Ken Kesey, and others who helped spawn political and social upheaval.


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