{"product_id":"the-official-cia-manual-of-trickery-and-deception-isbn-9780061725906","title":"The Official CIA Manual of Trickery and Deception","description":"\u003cp\u003eOnce a top-secret training manual for CIA field agents in the early Cold War Era of the 1950s, \u003ci\u003eThe Official CIA Manual of Trickery and Deception\u003c\/i\u003e is 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 Company’s infamous MK-ULTRA—a secret mind-control and chemical interrogation research program—this legendary, now declassified document, the brainchild of John Mulholland, then America’s most famous magician, was believed lost forever. But thanks to former CIA gadgeteer Bob Wallace and renowned spycraft historian H. Keith Melton, \u003ci\u003eThe Official CIA Manual of Trickery and Deception\u003c\/i\u003e is now available to everyone, spy and civilian alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis landmark document reveals the secret tradecraft of clandestine operations:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCold War Espionage:\u003c\/b\u003e Uncover the methods developed to thwart the Communist enemy during one of the most dangerous periods in U.S. history.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSurreptitious Delivery:\u003c\/b\u003e Learn step-by-step sleight of hand instructions for covertly handling tablets, powders, and liquids, designed by America’s most famous magician, John Mulholland.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eDeception Techniques:\u003c\/b\u003e Master the arts of misdirection, secret communication, and surreptitious removal of objects from the perspective of a master illusionist.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMK-ULTRA Secrets:\u003c\/b\u003e Gain insight into the CIA’s infamous mind-control research program and the legendary, long-lost manual that was part of it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e | \u003cp\u003eMagic 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 most famous magician, John Mulholland, to write two manuals on sleight of hand and covert communication techniques. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1973, virtually all documents related to MKULTRA were destroyed. Mulholland's manuals were thought to be among them—until a single surviving copy of each, complete with illustrations, was recently discovered in the agency's archives. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe manuals reprinted in this work represent the only known complete copy of Mulholland's instructions for CIA officers on the magician's art of deception and secret communications. \u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“An enchanting account of espionage and wizardry at their blackest.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeter Earnest, Executive Director of the International Spy Museum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Entrancing! I was amazed to see how the magician’s trade can be twisted to aid in the dark arts of espionage.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJeff McBride, Creator of The Magic and Mystery School\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Espionage and magic!  A special thrill to read the once-classified CIA magician’s manual.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDanny Biederman, author of The Incredible World of SPY-Fi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A legendary ‘lost’ piece of magic history…It’s James Bond meets Harry Houdini!” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLance Burton, Master Magician\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Melton and Wallace have achieved the ultimate mastery of the shadow world where CIA’s smoke and mirrors meet Hollywood’s art of magic, deception and illusion.  Like any good stage show, the never-before-disclosed techniques are spellbinding.  The history of espionage is expanded by this factual, fascinating account.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTony and Jonna Mendez, Masters of Disguise\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44887892885733,"sku":"NP9780061725906","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780061725906.jpg?v=1730227679","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-official-cia-manual-of-trickery-and-deception-isbn-9780061725906","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}