{"product_id":"tripped-nazi-germany-the-cia-and-the-dawn-of-the-psychedelic-age-isbn-9780063511231","title":"Tripped: Nazi Germany, the CIA, and the Dawn of the Psychedelic Age","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“A fleet-footed and propulsive account . . . Brilliantly sifting a massive history for its ideological through lines, this is a must-read.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e— \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe author of the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller \u003cem\u003eBlitzed\u003c\/em\u003e returns with a provocative new history of drugs and postwar America, examining the untold story of how Nazi experiments into psychedelics covertly influenced CIA research and secretly shaped the War on Drugs. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBerlin 1945. Following the fall of the Third Reich, drug use—long kept under control by the Nazis’ strict anti-drug laws—is rampant throughout the city. Split into four sectors, Berlin's drug policies are being enforced under the individual jurisdictions of each allied power—the Soviet Union, Britain, France, and the US. In the American zone, Arthur J. Giuliani of the nascent Federal Bureau of Narcotics is tasked with learning about the Nazis’ anti-drug laws and bringing home anything that might prove “useful” to the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFive years later, Harvard professor Dr. Henry Beecher began work with the US government to uncover the research behind the Nazis psychedelics program. Begun as an attempt to find a “truth serum” and experiment with mind control, the Nazi study initially involved mescaline, but quickly expanded to include LSD. Originally created for medical purposes by Swiss pharmaceutical Sandoz, the Nazis coopted the drug for their mind control military research—research that, following the war, the US was desperate to acquire. This research birthed MKUltra, the CIA's notorious brainwashing and psychological torture program during the 1950s and 1960s, and ultimately shaped US drug policy regarding psychedelics for over half a century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on extensive archival research on both sides of the Atlantic, \u003cem\u003eTripped \u003c\/em\u003eis a wild, unconventional postwar history, a spiritual sequel to Norman Ohler’s \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller \u003cem\u003eBlitzed\u003c\/em\u003e. Revealing the close relationship and hidden connections between the Nazis and the early days of drugs in America, Ohler shares how this secret history held back therapeutic research of psychedelic drugs for decades and eventually became part of the foundation of America’s War on Drugs.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“The strengths of Ohler’s account lie not only in the rich array of rare documents he mines and the archival images he reproduces to accompany the text, but also in his character studies… Ohler effectively captures Hitler’s pathetic dependence on his doctor and the bizarre intimacy of their bond…\u003cem\u003eBlitzed\u003c\/em\u003e makes for provocative reading.”  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review on Blitzed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA fascinating book about the battle for LSD, which shines a light on the relationship between antagonistic powers, secret services, and the medical industry. An astonishing read, with remarkably vivid protagonists.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHarald Jähner, author of Aftermath\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A brilliant exposé of how Dr. Albert Hofmann’s epic discovery of LSD got lost in the ensuing War on Drugs and the corollary, its misuse for mind control, which hurt him personally and has hampered investigation into the potential therapeutic and spiritual benefits of the pharmaceutical.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eProfessor Carl Ruck, coauthor of The Road to Eleusis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Norman Ohler’s fascinating study involves Nazis, the CIA, and LSD in an engaging narrative that provides a mind-altering history of ‘brain warfare’ and exposes the Cold War psychedelic fantasies of many within the US scientific and intelligence communities. A must-read for those interested in understanding the apocalyptic mindset of the nascent superpower rivalry.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEdward B. Westermann, author of Drunk on Genocide\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“With cracking prose, Norman Ohler’s \u003cem\u003eTripped \u003c\/em\u003eis high-octane history writing, rich in acidic humor. You’ll be in ecstasy.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoseph Pearson, author of My Grandfather’s Knife\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Ohler’s book is at once a jaunty history of psychedelics, and a fascinating lament that the double-pronged legacy of Nazi drug policy — zero tolerance and weaponization — so severely limited research into their medicinal properties.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Entertaining...\u003cem\u003eTripped \u003c\/em\u003eis a story of front organizations, dodgy funds, bizarre experiments, assassinations, scientists, magicians, hookers, and spies.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times (London)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Illuminating . . . entertaining” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A rollicking read, lively and engaging” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Progressive\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A superb sequel to \u003cem\u003eBlitzed\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTripped \u003c\/em\u003eis a riveting and witty book about the obscure history of LSD. From the Swiss scientist and corporation that created the powerful hallucinogenic to the Nazis, G-men, and spooks that criminalized the chemical to the current boom in psychedelic research and start-ups, \u003cem\u003eTripped\u003c\/em\u003e—meticulously researched and deeply personal—shows the awesome power of acid. Norman Ohler weaves a masterful tapestry of history in this revealing and fresh account.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid de Jong, author of Nazi Billionaires\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Utterly fascinating and illuminating. In tracing the curious origins of LSD as a drug and as a cultural phenomenon—a compulsive, maze-like trail that takes in obscure Swiss institutes, the rise of Nazi Germany, the philosophy of brainwashing, CIA conspiracies, the White House, and Elvis Presley—Norman Ohler also cleverly throws fresh light on the Cold War that dominated the late twentieth century: a global struggle for psychological supremacy and psychic liberation. On top of all this, his storytelling is not only beguiling but—by the end—profoundly moving as well. It is possible that LSD will have a part to play in all our medical futures; this gripping and deeply felt book will tell you why.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSinclair McKay, author of Berlin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A revelatory work that considers Hitler’s career in a new light. \u003cem\u003eBlitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich\u003c\/em\u003e is that rare sort of book whose remarkable insight focuses on a subject that’s been overlooked, even disregarded by historians.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle on Blitzed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Ohler’s astonishing account of methamphetamine addiction in the Third Reich changes what we know about the Second World War.\u003cem\u003e..Blitzed\u003c\/em\u003e looks set to reframe the way certain aspects of the Third Reich will be viewed in the future.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian on Blitzed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Transforming meticulous research into compelling prose, Ohler delves into the little-known history of drug use in Nazi Germany.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly on Blitzed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[A] fascinating, engrossing, often dark history of drug use in the Third Reich.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post on Blitzed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A fleet-footed and propulsive account . . . 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