VEIL: THE SECRET WARS OF THE CIA
by Bob Woodward
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- 0671601172
- ISBN 13
- 9780671601171
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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1987. First American Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo (543 pages, 48 photographs, chronology, index.). An account of the secret wars and other covert activities that were the centerpiece of American foreign policy throughout the 1980s. Drawing on extensive interviews, hundreds of secret documents and other primary sources, Woodward presents an account of the C.I.A., its director William J. Casey and the Reagan administration that reveals, among other things, the repeated and arguably obsessive attempts on the part of two men to eradicate communism in Latin America. A very good copy in mylar covered dust jacket.
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Based on hundreds of inside sources and secret documents, the author reveals the inner operations of the C.I.A., the world's largest and most sophisticated espionage apparatus, its players, and its clandestine relationships throughout the world.
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- Title
- VEIL: THE SECRET WARS OF THE CIA
- Author
- Bob Woodward
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0671601172
- ISBN 13
- 9780671601171
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1987
- Size
- 8vo (543 pages, 48 photographs,
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