If you ve ever given in to your child s plea for a particular branded toy or breakfast cereal, bought a book just because it was on the best-seller list, swooned over the latest teen idol sensation, slept with your iPhone tucked cozily between you and your sleeping partner, liked something on Facebook, signed up for a loyalty card, or stashed a little bottle of anti-bacterial hand gel in your purse, then you ve been brandwashed. Marketing visionary Martin Lindstrom knows this because he has been on the front line of the branding wars for over 20 years, and in Brandwashed he turns the spotlight on his own industry and exposes the full range of psychological tricks and traps todays marketers and advertisers use to obscure the truth, manipulate our minds and persuade us to buy