John Prados - The Ghosts of Langley: Into the CIA’s Heart of Darkness

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Also by John Prados

Storm Over Leyte: The Philippine Invasion and the Destruction of the Japanese Navy

The U.S. Special Forces: What Everyone Needs to Know

A Streetcar Named Pleiku: Vietnam 1965, a Turning Point (longform e-book)

Operation Vulture: Americas Dien Bien Phu (e-book)

The Family Jewels: The CIA, Secrecy, and Presidential Power

Islands of Destiny: The Solomons Campaign and the Eclipse of the Rising Sun

In Country: Remembering the Vietnam War (written and edited)

Rethinking National Security (longform e-book)

Normandy Crucible: The Decisive Battle that Shaped World War II in Europe

How the Cold War Ended: Debating and Doing History

William Colby and the CIA: The Secret Wars of a Controversial Spymaster

Vietnam: The History of an Unwinnable War, 19451975

Safe for Democracy: The Secret Wars of the CIA

Hoodwinked: The Documents That Reveal How Bush Sold Us a War

Inside the Pentagon Papers (written and edited with Margaret Pratt Porter)

The White House Tapes: Eavesdropping on the President (written and edited)

Lost Crusader: The Secret Wars of CIA Director William Colby

America Confronts Terrorism (written and edited)

The Blood Road: The Ho Chi Minh Trail and the Vietnam War

Presidents Secret Wars: CIA and Pentagon Covert Operations from World War II Through the Persian Gulf

Combined Fleet Decoded: The Secret History of U.S. Intelligence and the Japanese Navy in World War II

The Hidden History of the Vietnam War

Valley of Decision: The Siege of Khe Sanh (with Ray W. Stubbe)

Keepers of the Keys: A History of the National Security Council from Truman to Bush

Pentagon Games

The Sky Would Fall: The Secret U.S. Bombing Mission to Vietnam, 1954

The Soviet Estimate: U.S. Intelligence and Soviet Strategic Forces

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

John Prados is a senior fellow of the National Security Archive, where he directs the CIA Documentation Project and the Vietnam Documentation Project and helps in other areas. He writes books on aspects of intelligence, diplomatic, military and national security. His recent works include Storm Over Leyte: The Philippine Invasion and the Destruction of the Japanese Navy, Normandy Crucible, and Islands of Destiny: The Solomons Campaign and the Eclipse of the Rising Sun. His books on the CIAsome of which have been on CIA recommended reading listsinclude Safe for Democracy, The Family Jewels, William Colby and the CIA, Presidents Secret Wars, and The Soviet Estimate. He has consulted on historical aspects of film projects and his papers, articles, and reviews have appeared widely. Prados also designs board strategy games. Prados also designs board strategy games.

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