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The CIA's black ops : covert action, foreign policy, and democracy by John Jacob Nutter is a true crime available to read on EtoBox.

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<p>Since 1947, the Central Intelligence Agency has secretly worked to subvert foreign powers and even overthrow enemy governments to further United States influence abroad. The vast array of CIA black "ops" (operations)—including covert acts against Saddam Hussein and international terrorists, secret Afghan missions, the overthrow of Guatemalan leaders, assassination plots against Castro and others, domestic and foreign narcotics conspiracies, underground Mafia relations, and even controversial plans to dupe top U.S. officials-has stretched its influence far beyond its original purpose.</p> <p>A member of the Association of Former Intelligence Officers, Dr. John Jacob Nutter reveals that the U.S. has become too enamored with covert action; that black ops have become U.S. foreign policy; and that the CIA has developed into a policy maker, dangerously independent of the government that created it. Nutter explains the many and varied types of covert action-subsidies, graymail, propaganda, psychological and economic warfare, military support, paramilitary operations, coups d'etat, and assassinations-and provides detailed examples of success and failure undertaken in the name of "nation

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Author
John Jacob Nutter
Publisher
Prometheus Books, Publishers
Published
2000
Language
EN
ISBN
9781573927420
Category
true crime
Subjects
Political Science, True Crime, Language Learning
Rating
4.2 / 5 (10 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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