White-out : CIA, Drugs and the Press

Zusatztext “Cockburn and St. Clair present a litany of CIA misdeeds! from the recruitment of Nazi scientists after WWII to the arming of opium traffickers in Afghanistan. All of this is extremely well documented ... A chilling history that many will take issue with of what the CIA has been up to in the past 50 years.”— KIRKUS “A solid! pitiless piece of muckraking! ... Cockburn and St. Clair raise troubling questions about the role of a largely secretive government agency in a democratic society.”— San Diego Union Tribune “A probing examination of the CIA’s chilling history of coddling major drug traffickers! gangsters and Nazi psychopaths.”— Philadelphia Tribune “A convincing! well-researched! comprehensive condemnation of the CIA.”— Maximum Rock 'N Roll Informationen zum Autor Alexander Cockburn was the co-editor of CounterPunch and the author of a number of titles, including Corruptions of Empire , The Golden Age Is in Us , Washington Babylon and Imperial Crusades . Brought up in Ireland, he moved to America in 1972 writing for the Village Voice , the Nation and many other journals. He died in July 2012. Klappentext The authors present documentation they claim reveals a litany of misdeeds of the CIA--from the recruitment of Nazi scientists after World War II to the arming of opium traffickers in Afghanistan. "All of this is extremely well-documented, " says "Kirkus." Zusammenfassung An expose of the CIA's involvement in the drug trade and the media's silence on the issue.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Alexander Cockburn, Cockburn Alexander, Jeffrey St Clair, Jeffrey St. Clair, Jeffrey St.Clair
• Editore: Verso
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 15.12.1999
• EAN: 9781859842584
• ISBN: 978-1-85984-258-4
• Pagine: 408
• Dimensioni: 129 mm x 198 mm x 30 mm
• Categorie: Narrativa > Gialli > Polizieschi, thriller, spionaggio; USA, Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, United States of America, USA, Ethical issues & debates, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Ethical issues and debates