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  | | The Family Jewels(Updated) The CIA, Secrecy, and Presidential Power (Discovering America) by John Prados Paperback, 422 Pages, Published 2014 by University Of Texas Press ISBN-13: 978-0-292-76215-2, ISBN: 0-292-76215-1 "In December 1974, a front-page story in the New York Times revealed the explosive details of illegal domestic spying by the Central Intelligence Agency. This included political surveillance, eavesdropping, detention, and interrogation. The revelation of illegal activities over many years shocked the American public and led to investigations of the CIA by a presidential commission and committees in both houses of Congress, which found ev ..." |
 | | Islands of Destiny(Reprint) The Solomons Campaign and the Eclipse of the Rising Sun by John Prados Paperback, 416 Pages, Published 2013 by Nal Trade ISBN-13: 978-0-451-41482-3, ISBN: 0-451-41482-9 " The Battle of Midway is traditionally held as the point when Allied forces gained advantage over the Japanese. In Islands of Destiny, acclaimed historian and military intelligence expert John Prados points out that the Japanese forces quickly regained strength after Midway and continued their assault undaunted. Taking this surprising fact as the start of his inquiry, he began to investigate how and when the Pacific tide turned in ..." |
 | | How the Cold War Ended Debating and Doing History (Issues in the History of American Foreign Relations) by John Prados Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2010 by Potomac Books Inc. ISBN-13: 978-1-59797-175-1, ISBN: 1-59797-175-8 "The Cold War continues to shape international relations almost twenty years after being acknowledged as the central event of the last half of the twentieth century. Interpretations of how it ended thus remain crucial to an accurate understanding of global events and foreign policy. The reasons for the Cold War’s conclusion, and the timing of its ending, are disputed to this day. In this concise introduction to the Cold War and its en ..." |
 | | Vietnam The History of an Unwinnable War, 1945-1975 (Modern War Studies) by John Prados Paperback, 696 Pages, Published 2009 by University Press Of Kansas ISBN-13: 978-0-7006-1940-5, ISBN: 0-7006-1940-2 "The Vietnam war continues to be the focus of intense controversy. While most people—liberals, conservatives, Democrats, Republicans, historians, pundits, and citizens alike—agree that the United States did not win the war, a vocal minority argue the opposite or debate why victory never came, attributing the quagmire to everything from domestic politics to the press. The military never lost a battle, how then did it not win the war? Step ..." |
 | | The Hidden History of the Vietnam War(1st Edition) by John Prados Paperback, 347 Pages, Published 1998 by Ivan R. Dee ISBN-13: 978-1-56663-197-6, ISBN: 1-56663-197-1 "The United States could have won the war in Vietnam if only President Lyndon Johnson had let his air generals do what they wanted...if only we had intervened massively...if only we had pursued our campaign against the Viet Cong infrastructure. These propositions and others, advanced by apologists for the American defeat in Vietnam (many of them the very generals and officials responsible for prosecuting the war), are fast becoming conve ..." |
 | | Hoodwinked The Documents That Reveal How Bush Sold Us a War by John Prados Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2004 by The New Press ISBN-13: 978-1-56584-902-0, ISBN: 1-56584-902-7 "In America, the wife of the former ambassador who exposed George Bush’s sixteen-word State of the Union fib about uranium from Niger, is now being harassed by allies of the administration. In Britain, the scientist who blew the whistle on Tony Blair has been driven to suicide.For all of us who, thanks to these whistle-blowers, now realize that we have been hoodwinked and want to understand exactly how, national security analyst John Pra ..." |
 | | Safe for Democracy(1st Edition) The Secret Wars of the CIA by John Prados, Ray W. Stubbe Hardcover, 752 Pages, Published 2006 by Ivan R. Dee, Publisher ISBN-13: 978-1-56663-574-5, ISBN: 1-56663-574-8 "Safe for Democracy for the first time places the story of the CIA's covert operations squarely in the context of America's global quest for democratic values and institutions. National security historian John Prados offers a comprehensive history of the CIA's secret wars that is as close to a definitive account as is possible today. He draws on three decades of research to illuminate the men and women of the intelligence establishment, ..." |
 | | The Ghosts of Langley Into the CIA's Heart of Darkness by John Prados Hardcover, 320 Pages, Published 2017 by The New Press ISBN-13: 978-1-62097-088-1, ISBN: 1-62097-088-0 ""The Ghosts of Langley offers a detail-rich, often relentless litany of CIA scandals and mini-scandals. . . [and a] prayer that the CIA learn from and publicly admit its mistakes, rather than perpetuate them in an atmosphere of denial and impunity."The Washington PostFrom the writer Kai Bird calls a “wonderfully accessible historian,” the first major history of the CIA in a decade, published to tie in with the seventieth anniversary of ..." |
 | | The Ghosts of Langley Into the Heart of the CIA (Hardback) by John Prados Hardcover, Published 2017 by Amberley Publishing, United Kingdom ISBN-13: 978-1-4456-6792-8, ISBN: 1-4456-6792-4 |
 | | William Colby and the CIA(1st Edition) The Secret Wars of a Controversial Spymaster by John Prados Paperback, 400 Pages, Published 2009 by University Press Of Kansas ISBN-13: 978-0-7006-1690-9, ISBN: 0-7006-1690-X "It is surprising that no one previous to John Prados attempted a biography of quintessential cold warrior William Colby, because his story is in many ways also the story of the CIA. From Italy to Vietnam, to the military coup in Indonesia, to Watergate, the prosecution of Richard Helms, investigations of CIA assassination plots, and the drugging and surveillance of unwitting Americans, Colby was there, on the ground or deeply involved a ..." |
 | | Safe for Democracy The Secret Wars of the CIA by John Prados Paperback, 736 Pages, Published 2009 by Ivan R. Dee ISBN-13: 978-1-56663-823-4, ISBN: 1-56663-823-2 "From its founding in the aftermath of World War II, the Central Intelligence Agency has been discovered in the midst of some of the most crucial--and most embarrassing---episodes in United States relations with the world. Richard Nixon's 1969 presidential order that declared CIA covert operations necessary to the attainment of American foreign policy goals was an acknowledgment that secret warfare tools had a much wider application than ..." |
 | | Presidents' Secret Wars(Updated) CIA and Pentagon Covert Operations from World War II Through the Persian Gulf War (Elephant Paperbacks) by John Prados, Ernie Conover Paperback, 576 Pages, Published 1996 by Ivan R. Dee ISBN-13: 978-1-56663-108-2, ISBN: 1-56663-108-4 "In this newly revised and updated 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 co ..." |
 | | Storm Over Leyte The Philippine Invasion and the Destruction of the Japanese Navy by John Prados Hardcover, 400 Pages, Published 2016 by Nal ISBN-13: 978-0-451-47361-5, ISBN: 0-451-47361-2 "The story of the Battle of Leyte Gulf in World War II—the greatest naval battle in history. As Allied ships prepared for the invasion of the Philippine island of Leyte, every available warship, submarine and airplane was placed on alert while Japanese admiral Kurita Takeo stalked Admiral William F. Halsey’s unwitting American armada. It was the beginning of the epic Battle of Leyte Gulf—the greatest naval battle in history. In St ..." |
 | | Islands of Destiny(1st Edition) The Solomons Campaign and the Eclipse of the Rising Sun by John Prados Hardcover, 416 Pages, Published 2012 by Nal Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-451-23804-7, ISBN: 0-451-23804-4 "Acclaimed WWII historian and military intelligence expert John Prados offers a provocative reassessment of the Allies’ battle for the Solomon Islands—a turbulent, dramatic campaign that, he argues, was the true turning point of the Pacific conflict. Historians traditionally refer to the Battle of Midway as the point when Allied forces gained the advantage over the Japanese. In Islands of Destiny, Prados points out that the Japanese forc ..." |
 | | Normandy Crucible(1st Edition) The Decisive Battle that Shaped World War II in Europe by John Prados Hardcover, 336 Pages, Published 2011 by Nal ISBN-13: 978-0-451-23383-7, ISBN: 0-451-23383-2 "The Battle of Normandy was the greatest offensive campaign the world had ever seen. Millions of soldiers struggling for the control of Europe were thrust onto the front lines of a massive war unlike any experienced in history. But this greatest of clashes would prove to be the crucible in which the outcome of World War II would be decided. It began on D-Day. June 6, 1944-the day that the Allied Forces launched Operation Overlord: the g ..." |
 | | The White House Tapes(1st Edition) Eavesdropping on the President (Book & CD) by John Prados Hardcover, 352 Pages, Published 2003 by The New Press Audiobook ISBN-13: 978-1-56584-852-8, ISBN: 1-56584-852-7 "Never-before-heard recordings of secretly taped oval office conversations with eight US presidents. The President doesn't know the position of the administration so you can't know it.President Lyndon Johnson to Walt Rostow on Vietnam policy, March 4, 1964 Historian John Prados and The New Press have procured recordings made by eight Presidents of their oval office conversations. Never intended for public consumption, these record ..." |
 | | In Country Remembering the Vietnam War by Johns Prados, Ivan R. Dee Hardcover, 344 Pages, Published 2011 by Ivan R. Dee ISBN-13: 978-1-56663-868-5, ISBN: 1-56663-868-2 " .cs95E872D0{text-align:left;text-indent:0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt} .cs5EFED22F{color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal; } Young Americans went to South Vietnam and fought in a fierce war they barely understood. For a year they experienced an exotic land, strove to learn how to fight—and survive—looking eagerly ahead to their return from "The Nam." ..." |
 | | The US Special Forces(1st Edition) What Everyone Needs to Know® by John Prados Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 2015 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-935429-0, ISBN: 0-19-935429-4 "The assassination of Osama bin Laden by SEAL Team 6 in May 2011 will certainly figure among the greatest achievements of US Special Forces. After nearly ten years of searching, they descended into his Pakistan compound in the middle of the night, killed him, and secreted the body back into Afghanistan. Interest in these forces had always been high, but it spiked to new levels following this success. There was a larger lesson here too. ..." |
 | | Normandy Crucible(Reprint) The Decisive Battle that Shaped World War II in Europe by John Prados Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 2012 by Dutton Caliber Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-451-23694-4, ISBN: 0-451-23694-7 "The Battle of Normandy was the greatest offensive campaign the world had ever seen. It was also the crucible of combat tactics and logistic techniques that would decide the outcome of World War II... The Battle of Normandy began on D-Day. June 6, 1944—the day that the Allied forces launched the great crusade to free Europe from the iron grip of Nazi Germany. Tightly constricted hedgerow country and bitter German resistance held the Alli ..." |
 | | How the Cold War Ended Debating and Doing History (Issues in the History of American Foreign Relations) by John Prados Hardcover, 320 Pages, Published 2010 by Potomac Books ISBN-13: 978-1-59797-174-4, ISBN: 1-59797-174-X "The Cold War continues to shape international relations almost twenty years after being acknowledged as the central event of the last half of the twentieth century. Interpretations of how it ended thus remain crucial to an accurate understanding of global events and foreign policy. The reasons for the Cold War’s conclusion, and the timing of its ending, are disputed to this day. In this concise introduction to the Cold War and its endur ..." |
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