"Probably the most eye-opening and engrossing expos??? 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, ...
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"Probably the most eye-opening and engrossing expos??? 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
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New. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 426 p. In Stock. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Brand New, Perfect Condition, allow 4-14 business days for standard shipping. To Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. protectorate, P.O. box, and APO/FPO addresses allow 4-28 business days for Standard shipping. No expedited shipping. All orders placed with expedited shipping will be cancelled. Over 3, 000, 000 happy customers.
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Good. First Edition. STOCK PHOTO SHOWN. Stated First edition. Former army library copy. No jacket. No markings. More photos on request. Historic Oklahoma Bookstore on Route 66. Packages shipped daily, Mon-Fri.
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Bantam Edition, 1979. Stamp on first page. No other markings. Good / Goo minus condition. SPOOKS probes the private use of secret agents by multinational corporations, the politically powerful, and the rich. Since the beginnings of the American intelligence community, literally thousands of spies have left federal employment to work for those industries and those individuals that are wealthy enough to afford them. Their impact on the way American business is done and life is lived has been at o.
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Near Fine in Good + jacket. 1st Printing. Clean, square hardcover with light edgewear only. Former owner's stamp charmingly to dedication page. 1st printing. Dust jacket is price-clipped, lightly edgeworn, now in a new archival mylar protector and quite handsome. Index, 478 pp.
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Fine in very good dust jacket. Book: Like new. Clean text. Tight binding. DJ: 1/2" tears at upper and lower spine and lower right corner, no wrinkles.. 463 pg hardcover plus acknowledgements and index. Black cloth on board. Shiny red spine lettering. Sewn binding. First Edition. Photos available on request.
