Mind-Bending: Brainwashing, Cults, and Deprogramming in the '80s Hardcover - 1984

Doubleday, 1984. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Cult expert & founder of the world-renowned Freedom Counseling Center in Burlingame, CA, discusses the state of cults in the 1980s, examining both well-known & virtually unheard of groups, with ominous implications for today, as the meglomaniacal leaders who become the object of cult adoration & the situations that set people up for being enslaved by cults are still every present. In 218 pages, this is a FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1984. Hardcover 8vo has gray paper-covered boards over a black cloth-wrapped spine, lettered in gilt. Just removed from storage where it has been packed since being received Brand New for review for an academic publication (review notice laid in), it is Fine in an equally Fine DJ: completely clean & unmarked, binding strong & straight, pages off-white with tanning only to exterior fore edge. The unclipped DJ is equally flawless. Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, Weekends, & holidays ship very next business day.