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My Secret History in the CIA, Watergate and Beyond
Wiley
March 2007
On Sale: February 26, 2007
352 pages ISBN: 0471789828 EAN: 9780471789826 Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Political
Startling revelations from the OSS, the CIA, and the Nixon
White house Think you know everything there is to know about the OSS,
the Cold War, the CIA, and Watergate? Think again. In
American Spy, one of the key figures in postwar
international and political espionage tells all. Former OSS
and CIA operative and White House staffer E. Howard Hunt
takes you into the covert designs of Presidents Eisenhower,
Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon: His involvement in the CIA coup in Guatemala in 1954, the
Bay of Pigs invasion, and more
His work with CIA officials such as Allen Dulles and Richard
Helms
His friendship with William F. Buckley Jr., whom Hunt
brought into the CIA
The amazing steps the CIA took to manipulate the media in
America and abroad
The motives behind the break-in at Daniel Ellsberg's
psychiatrist's office
Why the White House "plumbers" were formed and what they
accomplished
The truth behind Operation Gemstone, a series of planned
black ops activities against Nixon's political enemies
A minute-by-minute account of the Watergate break-in
Previously unreleased details of the post-Watergate cover-up Complete with documentation from audiotape transcripts,
handwritten notes, and official documents, American Spy is
must reading for anyone who is fascinated by real-life spy
tales, high-stakes politics, and, of course, Watergate.
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