From the Book - First edition.
Introduction : blank is beautiful : three decades of erasing and remaking the world
The torture lab : Ewen Cameron, the CIA and the maniacal quest to erase and remake the human mind
The other Doctor Shock : Milton Friedman and the search for a laissez-faire laboratory
States of shock : the bloody birth of the counter-revolution
Cleaning the slate : terror does its work
"Entirely unrelated" : how an ideology was cleansed of its crimes
Saved by a war : Thatcherism and its useful enemies
The new Dr. Shock : economic warfare replaces dictatorship
Crisis works : the packaging of shock therapy
Slamming the door on history : a crisis in Poland, a massacre in China
Democracy born in chains : South Africa's constricted freedom
Bonfire of a young democracy : Russia chooses "the Pinochet option"
The capitalist ID : Russia and the new era of the boor market
Let it burn : the looting of Asia and "the fall of the second Berlin Wall"
Shock therapy in the U.S.A. : the Homeland security bubble
A corporatist state : removing the revolving door, putting in an archway
Erasing Iraq : in search of a "model" for the Middle East
Ideological blowback : a very capitalist disaster
Full circle : from blank slate to scorched earth
Blanking the beach : "the second tsunami"
Disaster apartheid : a world of green zones and red zones
Losing the peace incentive : Israel as warning
Conclusion : shock wears off : the rise of people's reconstruction.
Blank is beautiful: three decades of erasing and remaking the world
Pt. 1. Two Doctor Shocks: Research and Development : 1. Torture lab: Ewen Cameron, the CIA and the maniacal quest to erase and remake the human mind
2. Other doctor shock: Milton Friedman and the search for a laissez-faire laboratory. / Pt. 2. First Test: Birth Pangs : 3. States of shock: the bloody birth of the counterrevolution
4. Cleaning the slate: terror does its work
5. "Entirely unrelated": how ideology was cleansed of its crimes / Pt. 3. Surviving Democracy: Bombs Made of Laws: 6. Saved by a war: Thatcherism and its useful enemies
7. New doctor shock: economic warfare replaces dictatorship
8. Crisis works: the packaging of shock therapy / Pt. 4. Lost in Transition: While We Wept, While We Trembled, While We Danced : 9. Slamming the door on history: a crisis in Poland, a massacre in China
10. Democracy born in chains: South Africa's constricted freedom
11. Bonfire of a young democracy: Russia chooses "the Pinochet option"
12. Capitalist id: Russia and the new era of the boor market
13. Let it burn: the looting of Asia and "the fall of a second Berlin Wall" / Pt. 5. Shocking Times: Rise of the Disaster Capitalism Complex : 14. Shock therapy in the U.S.A.: Homeland security bubble
15. Corporatist state: removing the revolving door, putting in an archway / Pt. 6. Iraq, Full Circle: Overshock : 16. Erasing Iraq: in search of a "model" for the Middle East
17. Ideological blowback: a very capitalist disaster
18. Full circle: from blank slate to scorched earth / Pt. 7. Movable Green Zone: Buffer Zones and Blast Walls : 19. Blanking the beach: "the second tsunami"
20. Disaster apartheid: a world of green zones and red zones
21. Losing the peace incentive: Israel as a warning
Shock wears off: rise of the people's reconstruction.