rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel) (06/16/91)
*********************************** * * * THE PRAETORIAN GUARD * * * * The U.S. in the New * * International Security State * * * * by John Stockwell * * * * South End Press, 1990 * *********************************** <from S.E.P. book catalog:> In this rivetting discussion, ex-CIA agent John Stockwell reviews the CIA and other institutional forces shaping U.S. domestic and foreign policy. His unique insights based on his years at the Agency combined with extensive research have produced a tour de force covering: covert operations, domestic manipulations, drug running, the Kennedy assassination, the race to Armageddon, ex-CIA Director George Bush, impact on the Third World, the U.S. economic collapse, ecology and national security, and the Soviets and glasnost. Based on lectures given at the American University in Washington, the House of Commons in London, and elsewhere. "Both the U.S. and the U.S.S.R lost the Cold War. The winners were Japan and Germany, both of which were prohibited after World War II from arms build-ups. Producing trade goods instead, they have emerged as the strongest partners in the world financial order. Now secondary economic powers, the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. remain unchallenged military superpowers. In their new role as praetorian guards of a world in which wealth and power are concentrated in the Haves of the northern hemisphere, they enforce profitable stability on the remaining four billion Have Nots." [from the Introduction] John Stockwell is the highest ranking CIA agent to go public. He is an ex-Marine and winner of the CIA's Medal of Merit. He served as an Officer-in-Charge in Vietnam and director of a covert war in Angola. An agent for twelve years, he is the author of twelve books including In Search of Enemies, which resulted in a law suit by the CIA. Includes a selected bibliography on the national security state. 200 pages, 0-89608-395-0 $11.00 paper, 0-89608-396-9 $30.00 cloth. For a free catalog, or phone orders, call S.E.P. at 1-800-533-8478. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can directly access archived ACTIV-L book-lists, catalogs, and book reviews: To get a file named FILE NAME from the archiver (files are two words separated by a space), send the 1-line message GET FILE NAME ACTIV-L to: LISTSERV@UMCVMB.BITNET (Or: LISTSERV@UMCVMB.MISSOURI.EDU) Some of these files are: CIA BOOKLIST Books on the CIA with short descriptions REPRESS BOOKLIST Books on political repression/subversion SOUTH END The South End Press Catalog INSIDE LEAGUE Nazis and the World Anti-Communist League (Review) POLITICS RICHPOOR Republ. pundit's book, The Politics of Rich & Poor For a listing of files available with the GET command, use GET on the file ACTIV-L ARCHIVE. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To submit a book review, summary, or ad, contact Frank Bertoldi [bertoldi@astro.princeton.edu] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -