1971 Flashback: APA Head Calls for ‘Psychological Disarmament of World Leaders’

This is a clip that didn’t quite find its way into “The Minds of Men”, but definitely finds its place firmly within that story.

This idea wasn’t laughed off as the crazed rantings of a lunatic, either; rather, it was widely promoted on the nightly news and in newspapers across the nation back in 1971 as a potential “answer” to the world-threatening “problem”.