In his normal waking state, which we will call Personality A, or PA, this individual will become a rabid communist. He will join the party, follow the party line and make himself as objectionable as possible to the authorities.

Then we develop Personality B (PB), the secondary personality, the unconscious personality...is rabidly American and anticommunist. It has all the information possessed by Personality A, the normal personality, whereas PA does not have this advantage.

My super spy plays his role as a communist in the waking state, aggressively, consistently, fear-lessly. But his PB is a loyal American, and PB has all the memories of PA. As a loyal American, he will not hesitate to divulge these memories.

As far as I know this was never tested or put into the field but then again that’s not the sort of info that would just be out there. The way Estabrooks talks about hypnotism makes it seem like a revolutionary weapon that could change the world. He also is honest in saying that it’s still not very understood (as of 1943) which is why I say this book is outdated. I don’t know enough about modern hypnosis to say how though which is unhelpful but oh well.

He also has an annoying habit of referring to himself as The Writer.

I enjoyed reading this anyway even if it was fanciful verging on sci-fi.