LSD et CIA: quand l'Amérique était sous acide
- ISBN-10
- 2950726445
- ISBN-13
- 9782950726445
- Category
- Addicts
- Pages
- 294
- Language
- French
- Published
- 1994
- Authors
- Bruce Shlain, Martin A.. Lee
Description
Ce livre est un texte essentiel, une explication captivante d'une période unique de l'histoire humaine, quand une minuscule molécule psychoactive a modifié presque tous les aspects de la vie occidentale. " William S. Burroughs. Des années 60 américaines, chacun possède une image plus ou moins floue. Certains pensent aux mouvements contre la guerre du Viêt-nam, aux marches pour les droits civiques, à cette politisation soudaine et radicale de la jeunesse. D'autres évoquent le " summer of love ", l'explosion musicale et artistique, le Grateful Dead ou les Doors. Non content de raconter dans le détail ce que fut cette épopée des Sixties, ce livre révèle tout un pan caché de l'histoire des Etats-Unis. On savait qu'une drogue nouvelle, le LSD, avait joué un rôle moteur dans l'éclosion du mouvement contestataire. On avait également appris que la CIA avait longuement travaillé à la mise au point de cet acide hallucinogène, mais ce que l'on découvre ici, c'est que la fameuse Agence avait de surcroît entrepris sa diffusion à large échelle, notamment sur les campus... Comme le soulignent les auteurs de cette enquête minutieuse - devenue un livre culte aux Etats-Unis -," la grande ironie de l'histoire du LSD, c'est qu'on a employé ce dernier à la fois comme une arme et comme un sacrement, comme un moyen de manipuler le cerveau d'autrui et comme moyen d'élargir le champ de conscience de son propre cerveau. Chacune de ces voies est jalonnée de mille péripéties : d'un côté on a le Secret, la CIA, les expériences militaires sur les hallucinogènes ; de l'autre, l'émergence d'une contre-culture qui devait exploser dans les années 60. ( ... ) L'histoire du LSD est inséparable du récit des espoirs et des illusions perdues de toute une génération. "
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