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Lost Crusader: The Secret Wars of CIA Director William Colby

2 reviews
John Prados

Diane Pub Co, 2003

History now, not current events
Anyone who thinks of Saint Paul, Minnesota as an Irish Catholic stronghold ought to be able to imagine Margaret Egan Colby giving birth to William Egan Colby here on January 4, 1920, (p. 20), only one day after my own mother was born someplace else. LOST CRUSADER/ THE SECRET WARS OF CIA DIRECTOR WILLIAM COLBY by John Prados (Oxford University Press, 2003) is full of such close associations. ...

Combined Fleet Decoded: The Secret History of American Intelligence and the Japanese Navy in World War II

12 reviews
John Prados

US Naval Institute Press, 2001

Excellent detail -- but a great narrative too
The detail in examining all aspects of intelligence in the Japanese and American navies during WWII -- from fleet recognition, to traffic analysis, to wartime production information, to the role of Ultra and decryption -- make Prados' book an excellent study. Those familiar with WWII issues will find lots of fresh material. Prados is wise enough to limit the topic to just naval intelligence ...

Vietnam: The History of an Unwinnable War, 1945-1975 (Modern War Studies)
John Prados

University Press of Kansas, 2009

The Vietnam war continues to be the focus of intense controversy. While most people--liberals, conservatives, Democrats, Republicans, historians, pundits, and citizens alike--agree that the United States did not win the war, a vocal minority argue the opposite or debate why victory never came, attributing the quagmire to everything from domestic politics to the press. The military never lost a battle; how then did it not win the war? ...

Safe for Democracy: The Secret Wars of the CIA

4 reviews
John Prados

Ivan R. Dee, Publisher, 2006

The sordid history of the CIA's covert ops
These days I find myself taking the side of the CIA more and more in their wars with the Bush Administration, such the Valerie Plame affair, and the administrations manipulation of intelligence leading to the Iraq war. Amongst those scandals I was starting to forget about past misdeeds of the CIA. Thankfully, John Prados has written a history of the CIA's secret wars, some familiar, such as ...

The Hidden History of the Vietnam War

1 review
John Prados

Ivan R. Dee, Publisher, 1998

good history
A collection of essays of varying quality, but with a high 'signal to noise' ratio. Prados is a serious historian, and is fair-minded on the disputes of the Vietnam War, thus avoiding some of the ideological fights which mar the subject. It's not a 'history' per se, but sheds some light on some of the issues.

Valley of Decision: The Siege of Khe Sanh

5 reviews
John Prados, Ray W. Stubbe

US Naval Institute Press, 2004

Bait on the end of the hook
In Valley of Decision, The Siege of Khe Sanh, the authors chronicle the trials of both the Marines and the North Vietnamese who fought there. Both sides attempted to turn this remote outpost on the Laotian border into a decisive campaign that would ultimately determine the outcome of the war. Both sides failed in this attempt despite their best efforts. After reading this book I find Khe Sanh to ...

My Guy Barbaro: A Jockey's Journey Through Love, Triumph, and Heartbreak with America's Favorite Horse

17 reviews
Edgar Prado, John Eisenberg

Harper, 2008

Animal Lovers United
Interesting insight behind the scenes on horse racing. I loved this book. Yep! I cried at the end, even though I knew the ending already. Edgar obviously loves horse and gave an insider's opinion on how horses in the race world ought to be treated - with dignity, respect, and most of all, love. Barbaro's owners are to be commended as being horse lovers, first and foremost. Barbaro was a ...

The White House Tapes: Eavesdropping on the President: A Book-and-CD Set

2 reviews

New Press, 2003

good content, bad audio
I absolutely loved this collection. The content is wonderful. I want more! I would give it five stars if it weren't for the audio quality. There are eight disks plus a disk called "the white house tapes: the president calling". This last disk was just wonderful with good audio quality. You can listen to this online at the american radioworks website. It will get you hooked. However, the other ...

Presidents' Secret Wars: CIA and Pentagon Covert Operations from World War II Through the Persian Gulf War ...

3 reviews
John Prados

Ivan R. Dee, Publisher, 1996

New insight on the continued insurgency struggles in Europe
John Prados begins the book with seldom related histories, particular are the accounts of Baltic and Ukrainian insurgents in post WWII. This is the first time I have run into modern cold war accounts were the planning of covert operations in Central and Eastern Europe ran so close to the end of WWII. Prados underlines that the "youth" of Central Intelligence Agency and the treachery of Philby ...

Inside the Pentagon Papers

University Press of Kansas, 2004

Inside the Pentagon Papers addresses legal and moral issues that resonate today as debates continue over government secrecy and democracy's requisite demand for truthfully informed citizens. In the process, it also shows how a closer study of this signal event can illuminate questions of government responsibility in any era. When Daniel Ellsberg leaked a secret government study about the Vietnam War to the press in 1971, he set off a chain ...

Hoodwinked: The Documents that Reveal How Bush Sold Us a War

1 review
John Prados

New Press, 2004

Bush Administration's distortion & manipulation of intel
John Prados calls HOODWINKED "a case study in government dishonesty" (p. xii). Based on his meticulous research, he concludes that "deception was systematic and carried out purposefully" (p. xii). The topic, of course, is the propaganda campaign that culminated in the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq. Prados is now a Research Fellow with the National Security Archive, based at George ...

The Soviet Estimate: U.S. Intelligence Analysis & Russian Military Strength

1 review
John Prados

Princeton Univ Pr, 1986

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Book Reviews United Press International July 27, 1982 Jack Redden The Soviet Estimate: U.S. intelligence analysis and Russian military strength, by John Prados (Dial Press, $17.95) John Prados could not have picked a better time for his book, ''The Soviet Estimate.'' The Reagan adminstration has been busy telling of the Soviet threat ever since taking office. Each new ...

Operation Vulture

1 review
John Prados

I Books, 2002

A MUST for students of the Cold War & Vietnam!
Long out of print, this fine title has recently been re-issued for the modern reader. The story has not lost an iota of timeliness and is especially gripping in light of our current quest for national security. John Prados is a gifted writer and historian and has produced an outstanding account of a little- known chapter of American history and the Eisenhower administration. Buy and read this ...

The Blood Road: The Ho Chi Minh Trail and the Vietnam War

7 reviews
John Prados

Wiley, 1998

A must for Vietnam Vets
This is a must-read for all Vietnam veterans and students of the Vietnam War. Author Prados outlines why we were never able to interdict the flow of troops and supplies down the Ho Chi Minh Trail through Laos into South Vietnam. As a veteran of C-130 flare missions searching for trucks over the Trail, I now understand why our task was often so fruitless

The Central Intelligence Agency: Security under Scrutiny (Understanding Our Government)

1 review
Richard Immerman, Loch Johnson, ...

Greenwood Press, 2005

Provides college-level readers with a primer on the CIA's history, purposes, and activities
THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY: SECURITY UNDER SCRUTINY edited by Athan Theoharis and others joins others in the 'Understanding Our Government' series to provide college-level readers with a primer on the CIA's history, purposes, and activities. Chapters describe its organization, intelligence operations, controversies and events, considering the changing role and perception of secrets and ...

Green Lantern Sinestro Corps - Secret Files #1 (DC Comics)
Geoff Johns, Sterling Gates

DC Comics, 2007

For the first time ever, the secrets of the Book of Oa and the Book of Parallax are revealed in short stories looking at the past, present and future of the Corps! This 64-page Special features new tales of both the Green Lantern and Sinestro Corps!

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