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Prelude to Terror : The Rogue CIA and the Legacy of America's Private Intelligence Network by Joseph J. Trento (2005, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherBasic Books

ISBN-100786714646

ISBN-139780786714643

eBay Product ID (ePID)30769462

Product Key Features

Book TitlePrelude to Terror : the Rogue Cia and the Legacy of America's Private Intelligence Network

Number of Pages432 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2005

TopicIntelligence & Espionage, American Government / General, United States / General

IllustratorYes

GenrePolitical Science, History

AuthorJoseph J. Trento

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.4 in

Item Weight24.3 Oz

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width6.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal327.1273

SynopsisAfter decades of writing and research about American intelligence, Joseph Trento has written the most authoritative indictment of CIA splinter groups, two generations of Bush family involvement in illegal financial networks, and the funding of the agents of terror. Prelude to Terror reveals the history of a corrupt group of spymasters--led by Ted Shackley--who were fired when Jimmy Carter became president, but who maintained their intelligence portfolio and used it to create a private intelligence network. After this rogue group helped engineer Carter's defeat in 1980 and allied with George H.W. Bush, these former CIA men planned and conducted what became the Iran-Contra scandal and, through the Saudis, allied the U.S. with extreme elements in Islam. The CIA's number-one front man, Edwin P. Wilson, was framed by Shackley and his cohorts so that Wilson's operations could be taken over. For the first time the story of how CIA director George H. W. Bush was recruited into this network, and brought it into the bosom of the Saudi royal family, is told in detail, as well as how this group's manipulation of the CIA bureaucracy allowed Osama bin Laden's fundraising to thrive as al Qaeda flourished under Saudi and CIA protection., In this authoritative indictment of CIA splinter groups, Trento reveals the details of two generations of Bush family involvement in illegal financial networks, and how these groups' manipulation of the CIA bureaucracy allowed Osama bin Laden's fundraising to thrive as al Qaeda flourished under Saudi and CIA protection., Exposes the private intelligence network that emerged when Jimmy Carter fired key operatives from the CIA--an organization that was central to the Iran-Contra scandal, as well as other more recent events., After decades of writing and research about American intelligence, Joseph Trento has written the most authoritative indictment of CIA splinter groups, two generations of Bush family involvement in illegal financial networks, and the funding of the agents of terror. Prelude to Terror reveals the history of a corrupt group of spymasters-led by Ted Shackley-who were fired when Jimmy Carter became president, but who maintained their intelligence portfolio and used it to create a private intelligence network. After this rogue group helped engineer Carter's defeat in 1980 and allied with George H.W. Bush, these former CIA men planned and conducted what became the Iran-Contra scandal and, through the Saudis, allied the U.S. with extreme elements in Islam. The CIA's number-one front man, Edwin P. Wilson, was framed by Shackley and his cohorts so that Wilson's operations could be taken over. For the first time the story of how CIA director George H. W. Bush was recruited into this network, and brought it into the bosom of the Saudi royal family, is told in detail, as well as how this group's manipulation of the CIA bureaucracy allowed Osama bin Laden's fundraising to thrive as al Qaeda flourished under Saudi and CIA protection.