an informative book and require a step back to understand the gravity

this book could pass for a book nth conspiracy. This is not the case.
The Kubark is perfectly authentic document that can be found in the original version on sites of American universities [...]
The introduction recalls the genesis of this manual and the psychological methods used for trials of Budapest, Prague and Sofia. Incidentally, this book forgets to refer to the book "confession" of Artur London was one of the victims of the trial of Prague in 1950 and whose story is best understood after reading the kubark.

The authors of kubark working for the CIA were based on scientific studies making it a kind of synthesis of knowledge on this subject in 1963.
They present methods such as "sensory deprivation" also called "total isolation", the method of confusion generally applied method of regression. These seemingly innocuous methods or "relaxing" for the victims actually have devastating effects on their personality, generally leading to suicide. The definition of sensory deprivation on wikipedia actually a good summary.
The book "confession" that shows slow decline bringing the individual to a state of exhaustion and psychological suffering, and suicide.
Since 1978, the European Court of Human Rights continues for acts of torture users of methods of psychological disorientation and sensory deprivation as in the Irish case against the UK.
The International Committee of the Red Cross has also published a paper on the psychological torture that arrives at the same conclusion and where kubark cited therein: [...]
Today, these methods are used in companies. We found on the internet a watered down version to HR calling "management by terror".