Description

Originally developed as a classified training document for CIA field operatives during the tense Cold War climate of the 1950s, The Official CIA Manual of Trickery and Deception was an essential resource within the notorious MK-ULTRA program. Intended specifically to equip agents with practical strategies to deceive and misdirect the Communist adversary, this fascinating manual provides detailed, step-by-step instruction in covert techniques of trickery, sleight-of-hand, and illusion.

A significant historical treasure, it was crafted by John Mulholland, at that time America’s most celebrated magician, and served as an integral component of MK-ULTRA, the CIA’s controversial project involving mind control and secret chemical interrogation methods. Thought to have disappeared permanently, this remarkable document was rediscovered and is now accessible due to the efforts of former CIA gadget specialist Bob Wallace and respected spy historian H. Keith Melton.

Today, The Official CIA Manual of Trickery and Deception is available to a wide audience, appealing not only to intelligence enthusiasts and historians, but to anyone intrigued by the hidden arts of espionage, deception, and psychological warfare from the height of the Cold War era.