Presidents' secret wars
Subtitle: CIA and Pentagon covert operations from World War II through the Persian Gulf
By: John Prados.
Edition: Rev. and expanded ed.
Publisher: I.R. Dee
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 572
Subjects: United States. Central Intelligence Agency.; Intelligence service -- United States.; Military intelligence -- United States.; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989.; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989-
Description: In this new edition of his essential work, John Prados adds his concluding findings on U.S. covert operations in Angola, Afghanistan, Nicaragua, and the Persian Gulf. Acclaimed as a landmark book about U.S. intelligence agencies in the postwar era, Presidents' Secret Wars describes the secret warfare mounted by the president, the CIA, and the Pentagon - operations aimed at altering the destinies of nations and the course of global politics. Mr.

Prados uses many newly declassified documents to open a vital window on this most secret aspect of American foreign policy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 525-547) and index.
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