{"product_id":"9781504075299","title":"Spooks: The Haunting of America—The Private Use of Secret Agents","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eHougan, Jim\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOpen Road Media\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e05\/17\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e“Probably the most eye-opening and engrossing exposé to date of the bizarre ‘power games’ played by multinational corporations and tycoons.” —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e A classic of investigative reporting, \u003ci\u003eSpooks\u003c\/i\u003e is a treasure trove of who-shot-who research on the metastasis of the US intelligence community, whose practices and personnel have engulfed the larger society. Teeming with tales of wiremen, hitmen, and mobsters; crooked politicians and corrupt cops going about their business of regime-change, union-busting, wiretapping, money laundering, and industrial espionage, read about:\u003cbr\u003e • Richard Nixon’s “Mission Impossible” war on Aristotle Onassis\u003cbr\u003e • Not-so-deep-fake porno films starring the CIA’s enemies\u003cbr\u003e • The Robert Vesco heist, targeting billions in numbered Swiss accounts\u003cbr\u003e • Robert Maheu and the kidnapping of billionaire Howard Hughes\u003cbr\u003e • The murder-for-hire of a Columbia University professor\u003cbr\u003e • Bobby Kennedy’s archipelago of private intelligence agencies—Intertel and the “Five I’s”\u003cbr\u003e • “The Friendly Ghost” and Nixon’s secret account in the offshore Castle Bank \u0026amp; Trust\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “One of the best non-fiction books of the year, a monument of fourth-level research and fact-searching.” —\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e“\u003c\/i\u003eThis book will curl your hair with its revelations and the names it names. A landmark book in its field of investigative reporting.”\u003ci\u003e —John Barkham Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Hougan is a superb storyteller and the pages teem with unforgettable characters. Admirable.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Hougan is exhilarating on the mystique of spooks.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Book\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Open Road Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46590875533567,"sku":"9781504075299","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/Jacket_e8e17973-e095-4b60-8b89-28fc604493f2.jpg?v=1739315793","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9781504075299","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}