Books about Manipulation and Persuasion

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  • Age of Propaganda: The Everyday Use and Abuse of Persuasion (Elliot Aronson, Anthony R. Pratkanis), ISBN 0716731088
  • Battle for the Mind: A Physiology of Conversion and Brain-Washing (William Walters Sargant), ISBN 1883536065
  • Brainwashing: The Science of Thought Control (Kathleen E. Taylor), ISBN 0199204780
  • Coercive Persuasion - A Socio-Psychological Analysis of the "Brainwashing" of American Civilian Prisoners by the Chinese Communists (Edgar H. Schein, Inge Schneier, Curtis H. Barker), ISBN 0393006131
  • Crazy Therapies: What Are They? Do They Work? (Janja Lalich, Margaret Thaler Singer), ISBN 0787902780
  • Dark Hero Of The Information Age: In Search of Norbert Wiener The Father of Cybernetics (Flo Conway, Jim Siegelman), ISBN 0738203688
  • Easily Fooled (Bob Fellows), ISBN 0962287911
  • Easily Led: A History of Propaganda (Oliver Thomson), ISBN 0750919655
  • From Slogans to Mantras: Social Protest and Religious Conversion in the Late Vietnam Era (Stephen A. Kent), ISBN 0815629230
  • Get Anyone to Do Anything and Never Feel Powerless Again: Psychological Secrets to Predict, Control, and Influence Every Situation (David J. Lieberman, Ph. D.), ISBN 0312209045
  • The Hidden Persuaders (Vance Oakley Packard), ISBN 0671531492
  • Hypnotism Investigated (Tony Bamgridge), ISBN 1874367175
  • Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion (Robert B. Cialdini), ISBN 0688128165
  • The Manipulated Mind: Brainwashing, Conditioning and Indoctrination (Denise Winn), ISBN 1883536227
  • Obedience to Authority (Stanley Milgram), ISBN 006131983X
  • People Who Play God: How Ultra-Authorities Enslave the Hearts, Minds and Souls of Their Victims (Beth Peterson), ISBN 141341642X
  • Ponzi Schemes, Invaders from Mars & More Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (Joseph Bulgatz), ISBN 0517588307
  • The Power of Cult Branding: How 9 Magnetic Brands Turned Customers into Loyal Followers (And Yours Can, Too) (Matthew W. Ragas, Bolivar J. Bueno), ISBN 0761536949
  • The Psychology of Attitude Change and Social Influence (Michael R. Leippe, Philip G. Zimbardo), ISBN 0070728771
  • Rape of the Mind (J Meerloo), ISBN 0448001187
  • Stages of Faith: The Psychology of Human Development and the Quest for Meaning (James W. Fowler), ISBN 0060628669
  • The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements (Eric Hoffer), ISBN 0060916125
  • Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism: A Study of Brainwashing in China (Robert Jay Lifton), ISBN 0807842532
  • Under the Influence: The Destructive Effects of Group Dynamics (John D. Goldhammer, Ph. D.), ISBN 1573920061
  • When Prophecy Fails: A Social and Psychological Study (Leon Festinger), ISBN 0061311324

(courtesy the Rick Ross Institute)

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