Tripped
Nazi Germany, the CIA, and the Dawn of the Psychedelic Age
$25.38
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
8 July 2025
Summary
First used as a drug capable of treating mental illnesses, then as a ‘truth serum’ by the CIA, Tripped reveals how the fortuitous discovery of LSD in April 1943 led to a mass exploitation of this promising hallucinogen.
Using archival material, Norman Ohler brings to light the often misguided interaction between scientific research, state authorities and hedonistic drug culture that shaped drug policy in the twentieth century. With a cast of characters ranging from Albert Hof…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781838953607 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1838953604 |
| Author: | Norman Ohler |
| Publisher: | Atlantic Books |
| Imprint: | Atlantic Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 8 July 2025 |
| Weight: | 214g |
| Dimensions: | 19mm x 130mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
‘An astonishing story… Brilliantly told.’ - Antony Beevor on The Infiltrators
‘Deeply engaging, enticingly written and extremely affecting… Original and fascinating… This is a remarkable story, powerfully told.’ - Philippe Sands, Spectator on The Infiltrators
‘Gripping… Will appeal to anyone who relishes Ben Macintyre’s tales of wartime espionage and cryptic codes.’ - Sunday Telegraph on The Infiltrators
‘A detailed and meticulously researched tale about a pair of young German resisters that reads like a thriller.’ - New York Times on The Infiltrators
Norman Ohler
Norman Ohler is an award-winning novelist and screenwriter. He is the author of The Infiltrators and the New York Times bestseller Blitzed, as well as the novels Die Quotenmaschine (the world’s first hypertext novel), Mitte and Stadt des Goldes (translated into English as Ponte City) and the historical crime novel Die Gleichung des Lebens. He lives in Berlin.
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