{"product_id":"spooks-the-haunting-of-america-the-private-use-of-secret-agents-paperback","title":"Spooks: The Haunting of America-The Private Use of Secret Agents - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJim Hougan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Probably the most eye-opening and engrossing exposé to date of the bizarre 'power games' played by multinational corporations and tycoons.\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A classic of investigative reporting, \u003ci\u003eSpooks\u003c\/i\u003e 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: \u003cbr\u003e - Richard Nixon's \"Mission Impossible\" war on Aristotle Onassis \u003cbr\u003e - Not-so-deep-fake porno films starring the CIA's enemies \u003cbr\u003e - The Robert Vesco heist, targeting billions in numbered Swiss accounts \u003cbr\u003e - Robert Maheu and the kidnapping of billionaire Howard Hughes \u003cbr\u003e - The murder-for-hire of a Columbia University professor \u003cbr\u003e - Bobby Kennedy's archipelago of private intelligence agencies--Intertel and the \"Five I's\" \u003cbr\u003e - \"The Friendly Ghost\" and Nixon's secret account in the offshore Castle Bank \u0026amp; Trust \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"One of the best non-fiction books of the year, a monument of fourth-level research and fact-searching.\" --\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003eThis book will curl your hair with its revelations and the names it names. A landmark book in its field of investigative reporting.\"\u003ci\u003e --John Barkham Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Hougan is a superb storyteller and the pages teem with unforgettable characters. Admirable.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Hougan is exhilarating on the mystique of spooks.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Book\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJim Hougan\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning journalist, a former Washington editor of \u003ci\u003eHarper's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and the author of two investigative works of nonfiction: \u003ci\u003eSpooks\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSecret Agenda\u003c\/i\u003e. Writing with his wife under the pseudonym John Case, he has published six thrillers, including \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestsellers such as \u003ci\u003eThe Genesis Code\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe First Horseman\u003c\/i\u003e. Executive producer of the Emmy Award-winning \u003ci\u003eConfessions of a Dangerous Man\u003c\/i\u003e, Hougan worked with Mike Wallace at \u003ci\u003e60 Minutes\u003c\/i\u003e and has produced investigative documentaries about the Jonestown massacre, the Russian Mafia, among other topics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 426\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.95 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 17, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44289397686374,"sku":"9781504075299","price":40.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/S3RpUUtkY1pROVZFaTQzRzMvb09QUT09.webp?v=1766749027","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/spooks-the-haunting-of-america-the-private-use-of-secret-agents-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}