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/* Written 5:53 am Jun 25, 1991 by christic in cdp:christic.news */ /* ---------- "CHRISTIC RESOURCES: NATL SECURITY" ---------- */ ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 The Christic Institute is a nonprofit, public-interest law firm and research center supported by churches, Jewish philanthropies and private citizens. The Institute represents the victims of injustice and charges no legal fees for its work. We are entirely dependent on resource sales and tax-deductible donations. Any resource listed in this catalogue can be ordered by phone, mail or fax from the Institute. For information on how to place an order please call us at (202) 797-8106 or use one of the following e-mail addresses. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew Lang 151251507 CHRISTIC telex Christic Institute christic PeaceNet Washington, D.C. tcn tcn449 202-797-8106 voice christic@igc.org Internet 202-529-0140 BBS uunet!pyramid!cdp!christic UUCP 202-462-5138 fax cdp!christic%labrea@stanford Bitnet