Wilhelm Reich and the Cold War
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Wilhelm Reich (1897-1957), his colleagues, and his antagonists, are among the most influential groups of people of the 20th century. As a part of Sigmund Freuds psychoanalytic movement in Vienna, Reich is hailed as an innovator. His later work in the United States brought him to an ignominious end when he died in federal prison. Author and researcher James Edward Martin took up the subject of the controversial psychoanalytic pioneer and natural scientist, expecting to disprove Reichs suspicions that his detractors were predominantly communists and even Soviet spies. This led the author to dusty university archives across the United States and Europe, and to interview Reichs associates and relatives. He also made Freedom of Information Act searches of FDA, FBI and CIA files, investigating not only their files on Reich, but also of his major detractors. In this book, youll meet Karl Frank, the leader of an underground anti-Nazi group of Germans, calling themselves New Beginning. Frank was a friend of Reichs in Vienna in the 20s; he later worked for Allen Dulles intelligence agency Office of Strategic Services. It was Karl Frank who confirmed to Reich that Mildred Edie Brady, the instigator of the FDAs persecution of Reich, was indeed a fully committed Soviet agent. Youll listen in on conversations with Michael Straight, who was the publisher of Mildred Bradys article in The New Republic magazine. Youll hear his explanation of his tangled past involvement with a notorious den of Soviet moles, the Cambridge Five spy ring that included Anthony Blunt, Kim Philby, Donald Maclean and Guy Burgess. Youll learn how Stalins agents used Reichs own techniques of character analysis in a perverted way, in order to find psychological hooks into the minds of innocent people, conforming them to the red thread of conspiracy. Youll see what Mildred Brady, a cheerleader for the Emotional Plague, did to her own daughter. Youll travel to Arizona, and visit the pla
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