The Ghost: The Secret Life of CIA Spymaster James Jesus Angleton
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| Rating | : | 4.15 (560 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1250080614 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 384 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-02-07 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
CIA spymaster James Jesus Angleton was one of the most powerful unelected officials in the United States government in the mid-20th century, a ghost of American power. He launched mass surveillance by opening the mail of hundreds of thousands of Americans. security. In The Ghost, investigative reporter Jefferson Morley tells Angleton’s dramatic story, from his friendship with the poet Ezra Pound through the underground gay milieu of mid-century Washington to the Kennedy assassination to the Watergate scandal. He oversaw a massive spying operation on the antiwar and black nationalist movements and he initiated an obsessive search for communist moles that nearly destroyed the Agency. He committed perjury and obstructed the JFK assassination investigation. He unwitt
The Ghost reveals a fascinating chapter of this hidden history. “The best book ever written about the strangest CIA chief who ever lived. In The Ghost, Jeff Morley has captured the man in all his brilliant and sometimes delusional eccentricity. Angleton is woven through many of the strangest episodes of the 1950s and 60s--including the Kennedy assassination--in what was invisible thread, until Morley's book. It is a chilling look at the global power that is wielded in Washington by people who are never knownuntil a book comes out to spill their secrets.” –Stephen Kin
He lives in Washington, DC. JEFFERSON MORLEY is a journalist and editor who has worked in Washington journalism for over thirty years, fifteen of which were spent as an editor and reporter at The Washington Post. He is the editor of JFK Facts, a blog. . The author of Our Man in Mexico, a biography of the CIA&