An Even Better Christmas: Joy and Peace That Last All Year

Marchetti's expose of the CIA was published on the eve of the Church Commission, at a moment when domestic outrage at the culture of duplicity and domestic interference had reached its peak. Since that time, successful public relations have greatly enhanced the image of intelligence services. Marchetti's thesis is that, contrary to widespread public belief, the USA was not locked in an existential struggle with Soviet or... Read Full Review

If you believe that the authors were actually permitted to reveal the secrets contained in this book, it is monumental.But knowing "The Company", it is more likely that this work is some sort of 'controlled' leak, softening the blow for the revelations of the inevitable congressional investigations that followed in the aftermath of the Watergate fiasco, the death of J. Edgar Hoover, and the continuing insinuations implicating... Read Full Review

This is one of perhaps ten books from prior to 1985 that I decided to include because of their continuing value. I believe that both history and historians will credit these two individuals with having made a difference by articulating so ably both the clandestine mentality and the problems extant in the lack of oversight regarding proprietary organizations, propaganda and disinformation, and intrusive not-so-clandestine... Read Full Review

Professionals at work. This reviels it all. Don't read encyclopedias read crediable books by credible authors in the know. It teaches you the truth. Highly recommendeed by me and everybody else. Thanks for reading my review.

Written by a former assistant to the head of the CIA, this book is full of facts and details about the Central Intelligence Agency's role in world politics and it's addiction to disinformation. The edition I read had several chapters added after a long court battle to have the information 'declassified.'