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...have always fought for control over the minds of their fellows, but it is only recently-largely because of the furor over brainwashing-that the methods of gaining such control have been openly and widely debated. In a new book (Battle for the Mind; Doubleday, $4.50), British Psychiatrist William Sargant lays out a pat theory to explain as essentially the same not only political brainwashing and extorted confessions but religious conversions as well. The all-purpose key, according to Sargant, is to be found in the theories of Ivan Petrovich Pavlov (1849-1936), the Russian physiologist and would-be psychologist...
...some of the best brains of Britain to serve on the show's permanent panel, and plenty of careful research goes into the program. Among the experts: Sir William Beveridge, Master of Oxford's University College; Historian Charles Kingsley Webster; Laborite Francis Williams; Birmingham University Economist Philip Sargant Florence. Also on tap are Government bigwigs such as Alfred Duff Cooper, who supplied for the first Answering You show an explanation for Britain's failure to bomb the Rumanian oil fields...
...Medical School: William W. Sargant, of Boston, Research Fellow in Psychiatry, for current academic year; Charles L. Fox, Jr., of Boston, Research Fellow in Bacteriology, to September 1, 1939; Albert, M. Moloney, of Boston, Assistant in Roentgenology, to September 1, 1939; James S. Mansfield, of Boston, Assistant in Medicine, to September 1, 1939; Chia-Tung Tong, of Boston, Research Fellow in Medicine, to September 1, 1939; William M. Hammon, of Brookline, Instructor in Epidemiology, July 1 to September 1, 1939, at Medical School and School of Public Health...