A piece of blue sky : Scientology, Dianetics, and L. Ron Hubbard exposed

Atack exposes Hubbard's bizarre imagination and behavior, tracing the creation of Scientology in the years following World War II to perhaps its final schism following Hubbard's death in 1986. A shocking book that reveals all: the abuses, falsehoods, paranoia, and greed of Hubbard and his pseudo-military Scientologist henchmen A Former Church Of Scientology Member Describes His Experience In That Organization, Outlining The Mind-control And Dollar-extraction Methods It Employs On Its Members And Offering A Revealing Look At The Life Of Scientology Creator L. Ron Hubbard. Preface / Russell Miller -- What Is Scientology? -- Part 1: Inside Scientology 1974-1983 -- My Beginnings -- Saint Hill -- On To Ot -- The Seeds Of Dissent -- Part 2: Before Dianetics 1911-1949 -- Hubbard's Beginnings -- Hubbard In The East -- Hubbard The Explorer -- Hubbard As Hero -- His Miraculous Recovery -- His Magickal Career -- Part 3: The Bridge To Total Freedom 1949-1966 -- Building The Bridge -- The Dianetic Foundations -- Wichita -- Knowing How To Know -- The Religion Angle -- The Lord Of The Manor -- The World's Firs Real Clear -- Part 4: The Sea Organization 1966-1976 -- Scientology At Sea -- Heavy Ethics -- The Empire Strikes Back -- The Death Of Susan Meister -- Hubbard's Travels -- The Flag Land Base -- Part 5: The Guardian's Office 1974-1980 -- The Guardian Unguarded -- Infiltration -- Operation Meisner -- Part 6: The Commodore's Messengers 1977-1982 -- Making Movies -- The Rise Of The Messengers -- The Young Rulers -- The Clearwater Hearings -- The Religious Technology Center And The International Finance Police -- Part 7: The Independents 1982-1984 -- The Mission Holders' Conference -- The Scientology War -- Splintering -- Stamp Out The Squirrels! -- Part 8: Judgments -- Scientology At Law -- The Child Custody Case -- Signing The Pledge -- Dropping The Body -- After Hubbard -- Part 9: Summing Up -- The Founder -- The Scientologist -- Fair Game, Ethics And The Scriptures. By Jon Atack. A Lyle Stuart Book. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 399-402) And Index.