A review by paulina_papaya
Poisoner in Chief: Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA Search for Mind Control by Stephen Kinzer

3.0

This is such a difficult book to give a rating to. The amount that it covers and in such detail is impressive and when you look at bibliography it is truly incredible. Yet I just feel like there’s too much in here and it’s not super coherent. It fails to know what its main focus is, trying to centre the book around Sydney Gottlieb, but there’s so many unnecessary details that all of it gets lost. Nonetheless if someone is interested in CIA history and how the US has been breaking international laws it’s a good read.