Secret Agenda: Watergate, Deep Throat, and the CIA

Random House Inc, 1984. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Xix, 347 Pp. Black Cloth Spine, Gilt; Blue Boards. First Edition Stated. Fine (Slight Fading To Edges Of Boards). Dust Jacket Price Clipped, 3/16" Tear At Bottom Of Front Spine Edge. James Richard Hougan (Born James Richard Edwards, 1942) Is An American Author, Investigative Reporter And Documentary Film Producer. A Best-Selling Novelist In The United States And Europe, He Is Also Known For Secret Agenda, A Book On The Watergate Scandal. A Book Of The Month Club Selection, Secret Agenda Was Chosen By The New York Times As "One Of The Year's Most Noteworthy Books. In Early 1991, Hougan Was Retained As A Private Investigator By Afl-Cio's Industrial Union Department (Iud) And By The United Steelworkers Of America (Uswa). At Stake Were The Jobs Of More Than 1,700 Workers At The Ravenswood Aluminum Corporation (Rac) In Ravenswood, West Virginia - A Demographic That Constituted The Majority Of The Town's Workforce. Hougan Discovered That The Plant From Which The Workers Had Been Locked-Out Was Secretly Controlled By Marc Rich, A Fugitive Billionaire And Commodities Broker Then Resident In Zug, Switzerland. For The Next Two Years, Hougan Led The Investigative Component Of An International Campaign Marked By Demonstrations In Switzerland And England, And By Congressional Hearings In Washington And Parliamentary Speeches In Bern. In The Summer Of 1992, Rich Finally Capitulated And The Steelworkers Returned To Their Jobs. The Ravenswood Campaign Has Since Been Called "One Of The Most Innovative And Sophisticated Contract Campaigns Ever Waged By An American Union. What Happened In This Small West Virginia Town Serves As A Beacon Of Hope For American Workers...