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 - great readi am 14 years old. therefore i wasn't there in the 60s, and was actually only about 2 feet tall when this book was written, but i got it from the library to read on an overseas plane flight and i was blown away. from the disturbing CIA expirements to Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters to the 68 democratic convention, this book has it all. a good read whether you were there or not. Rating: - The story of acid use by the US government and othersVery detailed and well researched, with the whole lowdown on Albert Hoffman, Timothy Leary, The Brotherhood of Eternal Love, and all the rest. The stories about CIA & US Army experiments using psychedelics are astonishing! Rating: - Outstanding political history of LSDKleps may be a bit of a ranter, but his book Millbrook is really must reading for those interested in the history of the Millbrook scene, and you may find his unique perspective surprisingly refreshing. It's not fair to compare Acid Dreams to McKenna as he deals with the relationship of psychedelics to the evolution of human consciousness more than the social/political angle. Owsley had a few strange ideas (too much LSD?) and is now living at a location in Australia which he believes to be the only safe place to be during the coming whatever. Why so little outrage? That question is at least partially answered by the section on the politics of the bummer which, by simply extrapolating with the obvious revisions to other illegal drugs, can be regarded as a manual on obtaining public acquiescence for drug laws entailing human rights violations. Once widespread drug hysteria has set in, of course, it becomes difficult or impossible to objectively evaluate the behavior of the CIA or any other gov't department, civilian or military. Rating: - LSD: What a Long Strange Trip.......and it ain't over yet...This is surprisingly one of the best books I have read. The authors give a colorfully accurate account of the events that occured decades ago, all of which still echo into our current era. It covers the origin of LSD, as a drug the CIA funded research on for use as a tool for mind control applications using civilians and military personnel as test subjects. At the very outset, it was obvious that the CIA was well aware of the potential power of this substance in its ability to wreak havoc on the collective psyche, to shatter current assumptions and threaten cherished ego boundaries. Yet, eventually it became available to the masses who would come to extol it's use religiously and otherwise.....giving rise to the groundswell of counterculture in the 60's. This book, more than any other source I have encountered, explores the underlying causes of the demise of the cultural/political/self re-evolution of that time and gives us pause to reflect on the politics of consciousness - to see who really won The War Of The Mind. Proof again that truth Rating: - Mother Should I Trust the Government?Well, Well, Well, so Uncle Sam has some blood on his hands after all. For any good conspiracy buff this is the book: mass testing of LSD on unwitting civilians, cover-up and lies,and atrocities enough to make your teeth chatter that break just about every law the boys in power ever made. Big no-nos on the parts of of our benign government and their secret henchmen the CIA.
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