“Probably the most eye-opening and engrossing exposé to date of
the bizarre ‘power games’ played by multinational corporations
and tycoons.” —Publishers Weekly A classic of
investigative reporting, Spooks is a treasure trove of who-shot-who
research on the metastasis of the US intelligence community, whose
practices and personnel have engulfed the larger society. Teeming
with tales of wiremen, hitmen, and mobsters; crooked politicians
and corrupt cops going about their business of regime-change,
union-busting, wiretapping, money laundering, and industrial
espionage, read about: • Richard Nixon’s “Mission
Impossible” war on Aristotle Onassis • Not-so-deep-fake porno
films starring the CIA’s enemies • The Robert Vesco heist,
targeting billions in numbered Swiss accounts • Robert Maheu and
the kidnapping of billionaire Howard Hughes • The murder-for-hire
of a Columbia University professor • Bobby Kennedy’s
archipelago of private intelligence agencies—Intertel and the
“Five I’s” • “The Friendly Ghost” and Nixon’s secret
account in the offshore Castle Bank & Trust “One of the best
non-fiction books of the year, a monument of fourth-level research
and fact-searching.” —Los Angeles Times “This book will curl
your hair with its revelations and the names it names. A landmark
book in its field of investigative reporting.” —John Barkham
Reviews “Hougan is a superb storyteller and the pages teem with
unforgettable characters. Admirable.” —The Washington Post
“Hougan is exhilarating on the mystique of spooks.” —The New
York Review of Book
General
| Imprint: |
Open Road Media
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| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
June 2022 |
| Authors: |
Jim Hougan
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| Dimensions: |
228 x 152 x 29mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
426 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-5040-7529-9 |
| Categories: |
Books
Promotions
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| LSN: |
1-5040-7529-3 |
| Barcode: |
9781504075299 |
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