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  • Iraq and the Lessons of Vietnam

    Or, How Not to Learn from the Past

    by Christian G. Appy, Andrew J. Bacevich, Alex Danchev, David Elliott, Elizabeth L. Hillman, Gabriel Kolko, Walter LaFeber, Wilfried Mausbach, Alfred W. McCoy, Gareth Porter, John Prados ...
    Essays by Christian G. Appy, Andrew J. Bacevich, John Prados, and others offer "history at its best, meaning, at its most useful." —Howard ZinnFrom the launch of the "Shock and Awe" invasion in March 2003 through President George W. Bush's declaration of "Mission Accomplished" two months later, the war in Iraq was meant to demonstrate definitively that the United States had learned the lessons of ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Ghosts of Langley

    Into the CIA's Heart of Darkness

    by John Prados ...
    **"The Ghosts of Langley offers a detail-rich, often relentless litany of CIA scandals and mini-scandals. . . [and a] prayer that the CIA learn from and publicly admit its mistakes, rather than perpetuate them in an atmosphere of denial and impunity."—The Washington PostFrom the writer Kai Bird calls a "wonderfully accessible historian," the first major history of the CIA in a decade, published to ... Read more

    $20.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Islands of Destiny

    The Solomons Campaign and the Eclipse of the Rising Sun

    by John Prados ...
    The Battle of Midway is traditionally held as the point when Allied forces gained advantage over the Japanese. In Islands of Destiny, acclaimed historian and military intelligence expert John Prados points out that the Japanese forces quickly regained strength after Midway and continued their assault undaunted.Taking this surprising fact as the start of his inquiry, he began to investigate how and ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobooks

    Also available as: Audiobooks

  • The Ghosts of Langley

    Into the CIA's Heart of Darkness

    by John Prados ...
    " The Ghosts of Langley offers a detail-rich, often relentless litany of CIA scandals and mini-scandals. . . [and a] prayer that the CIA learn from and publicly admit its mistakes, rather than perpetuate them in an atmosphere of denial and impunity."— The Washington PostFrom the writer Kai Bird calls a "wonderfully accessible historian," the first major history of the CIA in a decade, published to ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Storm Over Leyte

    The Philippine Invasion and the Destruction of the Japanese Navy

    by John Prados ...
    The story of the Battle of Leyte Gulf in World War II—the greatest naval battle in history.As Allied ships prepared for the invasion of the Philippine island of Leyte, every available warship, submarine and airplane was placed on alert while Japanese admiral Kurita Takeo stalked Admiral William F. Halsey’s unwitting American armada. It was the beginning of the epic Battle of Leyte Gulf—the ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Vietnam

    The History of an Unwinnable War, 1945-1975

    by John Prados ...
    Series series Modern War Studies
    Winner: Henry Adams PrizeThe Vietnam war continues to be the focus of intense controversy. While most people—liberals, conservatives, Democrats, Republicans, historians, pundits, and citizens alike—agree that the United States did not win the war, a vocal minority argue the opposite or debate why victory never came, attributing the quagmire to everything from domestic politics to the press. The ... Read more

    $30.99 USD

  • Safe for Democracy

    The Secret Wars of the CIA

    by John Prados ...
    From its founding in the aftermath of World War II, the Central Intelligence Agency has been discovered in the midst of some of the most crucial-and most embarrassing--episodes in United States relations with the world. Richard Nixon's 1969 presidential order that declared CIA covert operations necessary to the attainment of American foreign policy goals was an acknowledgment that secret warfare ... Read more

    $23.89 USD

  • The Family Jewels

    The CIA, Secrecy, and Presidential Power

    by John Prados ...
    Series series Discovering America
    In December 1974, a front-page story in the New York Times revealed the explosive details of illegal domestic spying by the Central Intelligence Agency. This included political surveillance, eavesdropping, detention, and interrogation. The revelation of illegal activities over many years shocked the American public and led to investigations of the CIA by a presidential commission and committees in ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • The US Special Forces

    What Everyone Needs to Know®

    by John Prados ...
    Series series What Everyone Needs To Know®
    The assassination of Osama bin Laden by SEAL Team 6 in May 2011 will certainly figure among the greatest achievements of US Special Forces. After nearly ten years of searching, they descended into his Pakistan compound in the middle of the night, killed him, and secreted the body back into Afghanistan. Interest in these forces had always been high, but it spiked to new levels following this ... Read more

    $10.49 USD

  • Normandy Crucible

    The Decisive Battle that Shaped World War II in Europe

    by John Prados ...
    A military intelligence expert examines the most formative battle of World War II.The Battle of Normandy was the greatest offensive campaign the world had ever seen. Millions of soldiers battling for control of Europe were thrust onto the front lines of a massive war unlike any experienced in history. But the greatest of clashes would prove to be the crucible in which the outcome of World War II ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • War of Numbers

    An Intelligence Memoir of the Vietnam War's Uncounted Enemy

    by Sam Adams ...
    Series series Truth to Power
    In the fall of 1967, political and military leaders in Washington said the Vietnam War was approaching “the crossover point”: More Vietcong soldiers were dying in battle each week than could be recruited. CIA analyst Sam Adams, however, was insisting the good news was an illusion. His estimates of enemy ranks and morale varied wildly from those being released by military intelligence for public ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • How the Cold War Ended

    by John Prados ...
    The Cold War continues to shape international relations almost twenty years after being acknowledged as the central event of the last half of the twentieth century. Interpretations of how it ended thus remain crucial to an accurate understanding of global events and foreign policy. The reasons for the Cold WarÆs conclusion, and the timing of its ending, are disputed to this day.In this concise ... Read more

    $24.95 USD