Brainwash cover

Brainwash

by Dominic Streatfeild

"What would it take to turn you into a suicide bomber? Do heavy metal LPs contain subliminal messages? What was M16 doing with LSD in the 1950s? Do religious cults brainwash recruits? Is the Manchurian Candidate fact or fiction? Is it possible to erase memories, or to implant them artifically? How would you interrogate a member of Al Qaeda? With access to formerly classified documentation and interviewees from M15, M16, the CIA, the US Army and British Intelligence Corps, 'Brainwash' traces the evolution of the world's most secret psychological procedure, from its origins in the Cold War to the height of today's war on terror." -- back cover.

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  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?