Are the Cominform Countries Using Hypnotic Techniques to Elicit Confessions in Public Trials?

Irving Lester Janis

ResearchPublished 1949

A 1949 examination of Russian techniques of psychological warfare. Discussed in the study is the speculation that the Russians are using forms of hypnosis to elicit confessions from persons who might not otherwise comply with demands for a public recantation.

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