Most of us cherish our values of individual freedom of thought. Yet after the Korean War, American POW’s fell greater victim to Chinese brainwashing techniques than those of other nationalities. Some made bizarre and even impossible confessions. The Manipulated Mind explores the pioneering research that, sparked by this issue, developed into one of the most provocative fields of current psychology. Today brainwashing is no longer seen as merely a special subversive technique, but rather as the clever manipulation of unrealized influences that are continually operating in all our lives. The Manipulated Mind helps us to see how manipulated we really are. And, in doing so, it offers us an opportunity to become more self-directed.