Battle for the Mind: A Physiology of Conversion and Brainwashing - How Evangelists, Psychiatrists, Politicians, and Medicine Men Can Change (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781883536060)

How can an evangelist convert a hardboiled sophisticate? Why does a POW sign a "confession" that he knows is false? How is a criminal pressured into admitting his guilt? Do the evangelist, the POW's captor, and the policeman use similar methods to gain their ends? These and other compelling questions are discussed in this definitive work by William Sargant. Sargant explains and illustrates the basic techniques used by evangelists, psychiatrists, and brain-washers to dissolve existing, established patterns of belief, and then substitute new beliefs and behaviors.

Author: William Sargant
ISBN-10: 1883536065
ISBN-13: 9781883536060
Publisher: Malor Books
Language: English
Published: 09/27/2011
Pages: 350
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.08lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.52w x 0.89d