Rebecca Lemov
The Instability of Truth
Brainwashing, Mind Control, and Hyper-Persuasion
Drawing from rare archival materials, interviews, and the overlooked trauma history of Cold War POWs, The Instability of Truth traces how psychological coercion has evolved — from interrogation cells to algorithmic feeds. This book reveals how the idea of mind control has spread across the globe and penetrated courtrooms, secret labs, military schools, and today’s digital sites.
Anybody can be brainwashed — no one is safe. And that’s, in a way, a hopeful discovery
Acclaimed Historian of Science
Rebecca Lemov
Rebecca Lemov is a historian of science at Harvard University and has been a visiting scholar at the Max Planck Institute. Her research explores data, technology, and the history of human and behavioral sciences. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Her writing blends academic rigor with storytelling and wry humor, guiding readers through the disturbing — and surprisingly ordinary — ways truth is reshaped.
All Rebecca’s Books
The Instability of Truth
Brainwashing, Mind Control, and Hyper-Persuasion
A look at how brainwashing, psychological manipulation, and media-driven persuasion distort our sense of truth — and why no one is immune.
Database of Dreams
The Lost Quest to Catalog Humanity
Explores how postwar scientists tried to record, store, and control human inner life—building archives of emotion, memory, and identity.
How Reason Almost Lost Its Mind
The Strange Career of Cold War Rationality (co-authored)
Reveals how U.S. intelligence agencies redefined “rationality” during the Cold War — transforming madness, logic, and the psychology of decision-making.
World as Laboratory
Experiments with Mice, Mazes, and Men
Traces how Cold War experiments in behavior control shaped modern psychology, marketing, and our everyday ideas about human nature.
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