Ofshe's and Singer's "Attacks on Peripheral versus Central Elements of Self
and the Impact of Thought Reforming Techniques" (1986) is one of the most edifying and significant papers ever written on 20th century "thought reform." Sensing that it provides an excellent foundation for explaining not only the newer techniques of coercive persuasion, but also that such programming can be deprogrammed with adroit, ethical and compassionate use of modern ("mindfulness"-based and cognitive restructuring) psychotherapeutic techniques, I have added updates and commentary addressed thereto. Here's a link:

http://pairadocks.blogspot.com/2018/05/attacks-on-self-impact-of-thought.html