There was no limit towhat the Soviet state did
to their political dissidents in the 1960s.The
State overtly employed psychaitry, psychiatrists
and mental institutions as a form of political
persecution and attempted mind control; such
represented Thomas Szasz's worst nightmare.
Valeriy tarsis becomes a part of this psychiatric
nightmare as patient, lunatic which meant thaat
he was a dissident writer and relates his experience in this book. Required reading forthose seriously interested in totalitarianism. ( )