{"product_id":"tripped-nazi-germany-the-cia-and-the-dawn-of-the-psychedelic-age-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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Norman Ohler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mariner Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/07\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.30w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780063511231\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOhler, Norman:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNorman Ohler\u003c\/strong\u003e is an award-winning novelist, screenwriter, and journalist. He is the author of the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller \u003cem\u003eBlitzed\u003c\/em\u003e, the non-fiction books \u003cem\u003eTripped\u003c\/em\u003e about Nazi research into LSD during World War II and \u003cem\u003eThe Bohemians \u003c\/em\u003eabout resistance against Hitler in Berlin, as well as the novels \u003cem\u003eDie Quotenmaschine \u003c\/em\u003e(the world's first hypertext novel), \u003cem\u003eMitte\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eStadt des Goldes\u003c\/em\u003e (translated into English as \u003cem\u003ePonte City\u003c\/em\u003e), as well as the historical crime novel \u003cem\u003eDie Gleichung des Lebens\u003c\/em\u003e. He was cowriter of the script for Wim Wenders's film \u003cem\u003ePalermo Shooting\u003c\/em\u003e. He lives in Berlin.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Norman Ohler \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":48363888705693,"sku":"9780063511231","price":22.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_8262cb26-d1cd-457c-b481-54b1334bbe1f.jpg?v=1780429478","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/tripped-nazi-germany-the-cia-and-the-dawn-of-the-psychedelic-age-9780063511231","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}