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BOOKS, VIDEOS, CLASSROOM RESOURCES FROM THE CHRISTIC INSTITUTE
FILE 3 OF 4: NATIONAL SECURITY STATE RESOURCES
The Christic Institute's Resource Center can meet your needs for
educational resources on covert operations, the war on drugs and
other national issues. Information on how to place an order is
posted at the end of this file.
BOOK. _The War at Home: Covert Action Against U.S. Activists_.
This handbook by attorney Brian Glick documents the F.B.I.'s
counterintelligence program of the 1960s and 70s and exposes
the current threat of domestic covert action against social
justice activists. 1989, paperback, $5.00
NEW BOOK. _Break-Ins, Death Threats and the F.B.I.: The Covert
War Against the Central America Movement_. Pulitzer-prize
winning journalist Ross Gelbspan examines the broad scope of
the U.S. war on domestic dissent, tying together the F.B.I.,
the C.I.A., the Salvadoran National Guard, Richard Secord's
contra supply network and the cadre of private right-wing
operatives who have dodged public scrutiny. He relates the
disturbing story of espionage and ideological battles, showing
the personal dimensions of officially sanctioned internal
repression and the grave political questions it raises. 1991,
paperback, $14.00
BOOK. _C.I.A. Off Campus: Building the Movement Against Agency
Recruitment_. An indispensable guide for activists. Details
successful examples of campus organizing, educating and
demonstrating against C.I.A. recruitment at various
universities. 1991, paperback, $10.00
BOOK. _The Phoenix Program_. An explosive account of the
bloodiest counterinsurgency program during the Vietnam War.
Doug Valentine's interviews with more than 100 veterans of
Operation Phoenix, including La Penca defendant Theodore
Shackley, expose the inner workings of the notorious
assassination program that took more than 60,000 civilians.
1990, hardcover, $24.95
BOOK. _Kiss the Boys Goodbye: How the U.S. Betrayed Its Own
POWs in Vietnam_. Braving threats and harassment, Emmy-award-
winning 60 Minutes producer Monika Jensen Stevenson and her
husband William reveal the shocking truth that the U.S.
government has suppressed evidence of American soldiers still
held captive in the jungles of Southeast Asia. Suggests that
hundreds of POWs and MIAs have been sacrificed to protect U.S.
covert operations and drug trafficking. 1990, hardcover,
$21.95
BOOK. _Rollback! Right-Wing Power in U.S. Foreign Policy_.
Explores the history, beliefs and strategy of right-wing
networks in the U.S. and the degree to which they influence
U.S. policy. It examines the love/hate relationship between
the ideological Right and the traditional conservative elites
and assesses the potential for a right-wing takeover in the
U.S. 1989, paperback, $12.00
BOOK. _Unreliable Resources: A Guide to Detecting Bias in News
Media_. Media analysts Martin Lee and Norman Soloman criticize
distorted coverage of drugs and terrorism, the environment,
the Iran-contra scandal and more. Some of the ``most censored
stories'' of the past decade are recounted. 1990, hardcover,
$19.95
BOOK. _War Against the Poor: Low-Intensity Conflict and the
Christian Faith_. Author Jackson Nelson-Pallmeyer challenges
people of faith to understand and confront U.S. participation
in low-intensity conflict designed to block social change in
the Third World. Afterword on recent Central American
developments includes the 1990 Nicaraguan election. 1990,
paperback, $9.95
BOOK. _Blank Check: The Pentagon's Black Budget_. Pulitzer
prize-winning journalist Tim Weiner presents the first
comprehensive look into the multi-billion-dollar cache used to
fund every defense program, espionage mission, weapon system
and secret war that the President, the Secretary of State and
the C.I.A. Director want erased from the public ledger and
shielded from public debate. Raises questions about the
strains between secrecy and democracy. 1990, hardcover, $21.95
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