Whiteout by Alexander Cockburn

Whiteout by Alexander Cockburn

An expose of the CIA's involvement in the drug trade and the media's silence on the issue.

Cockburn and StClair present a litany of CIA misdeeds, from the recruitment of Nazi scientists after WWII to the arming of opium traffickers in Afghanistan. All of this is extremely well documented ... A chilling history that many will take issue with of what the CIA has been up to in the past 50 years. * KIRKUS *
A solid, pitiless piece of muckraking, ... Cockburn and St. Clair raise troubling questions about the role of a largely secretive government agency in a democratic society. * San Diego Union Tribune *
A probing examination of the CIA's chilling history of coddling major drug traffickers, gangsters and Nazi psychopaths. * Philadelphia Tribune *
A convincing, well-researched, comprehensive condemnation of the CIA. * Maximum Rock 'N Roll *

Alexander Cockburn was the co-editor of CounterPunch and the author of a number of titles, including Corruptions of Empire, The Golden Age Is in Us, Washington Babylon and Imperial Crusades. Brought up in Ireland, he moved to America in 1972 writing for the Village Voice, the Nation and many other journals. He died in July 2012.

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ISBN 13	9781859842584
ISBN 10	1859842585
Title	Whiteout
Author	Alexander Cockburn
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Verso Books
Year published	1999-11-17
Number of pages	416
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