The Secret Team: The CIA and Its Allies in Control of the United States and the World

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Secret Team: The CIA and Its Allies in Control of the United States and the World
Authors and Contributors      By (author) L. Fletcher Prouty
Foreword by Jesse Ventura
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:624
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152
Category/GenreTrue Crime
ISBN/Barcode 9781616082840
ClassificationsDewey:327.1273
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Skyhorse Publishing
Imprint Skyhorse Publishing
Publication Date 21 April 2011
Publication Country United States

Description

The Secret Team, L. Fletcher Prouty's expose 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. The Secret Team appears once more with a new introduction by Jesse Ventura.

Author Biography

Jesse Ventura is the former independent governor of Minnesota. He is also a former US Navy frogman, a professional wrestler, a movie actor, a visiting fellow at Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and the New York Times bestselling author of seven books, including American Conspiracies, 63 Documents the Government Doesn't Want You to Read, and Don't Start the Revolution Without Me! He was the host and executive producer of truTV's Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura, which won the Stony Award from High Times magazine in 2010. He was also the host of the political talk show Off The Grid, which aired on RT America and online at Ora.tv. He has a reputation as a rebel and a freethinker, and he has no qualms about questioning authority. He spends half the year in Baja, Mexico and the other half in his home state of Minnesota.