The secret team: The CIA and its allies in control of the United States and the world - Hardcover

Prouty, L. Fletcher

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0137981732 ISBN 13: 9780137981731

Publisher: Prentice-Hall, 1973

Synopsis

The Secret Team, L. Fletcher Prouty's exposé of the CIA's brutal methods of maintaining national security during the Cold War, was first published in the 1970s. However, virtually all copies of the book disappeared upon distribution, having been purchased en masse by shady "private buyers." Certainly, Prouty's allegations-such as how the U-2 Crisis of 1960 was fixed to sabotage Eisenhower-Khrushchev talk-cannot have pleased the CIA.

About this title

About the Author:

(1917–2001), a retired colonel of the U.S. Air Force, served as the chief of special operations for the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the Kennedy years. He was directly in charge of the global system designed to provide military support for the clandestine activities of the CIA. He was also the author of

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About this edition

• Publisher: Prentice-Hall
• Publication date: 1973
• ISBN 10: 0137981732
• ISBN 13: 9780137981731
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 496