Understanding Special Operations & their Impact on the Vietnam War Era

by L. Fletcher Prouty, Thomas Fletcher Hoerner

This book explores some of the details of how the United States got into the business of conducting Special Operations after World War II. The term "special operations" means "military services providing support to the clandestine activities of the United States Government." The term is a euphemism[1] for overthrowing governments, sabotage, murder, contrived wars, espionage, torture and assassination. These and other similarly indefensible acts are all justified with equally euphemistic masks such as "in the interests of national security", "defending our way of life", "the American Way" "the promotion of democracy", and even, "national sovereignty".

382 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

Col. Prouty spent 9 of his 23 year military career in the Pentagon (1955-1964): 2 years with the Secretary of Defense, 2 years with the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and 5 years with Headquarters, U.S. Air Force. In 1955 he was appointed the first "Focal Point" officer between the CIA and the Air Force for Clandestine Operations per National Security Council Directive 5412. He was Briefing Officer for the Secretary of Defense (1960-1961), and for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

In this capacity Col. Prouty would be at the nerve center of the Military-Industrial Complex at a time unequalled in American History. He has written on these subjects, about the JFK assassination, the Cold War period, and Vietnamese warfare, and the existence of a "Secret Team". He backs up his his work with seldom seen or mentioned official documents - some never before released.

Reviews

[Scott Free · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not sure if I buy all the conclusions but it is food for thought.

[Cinderelly's Print Shop · Rating 5 out of 5]

LOVED!!

Read it a few times! It's filled valuable information about the corruption that happened to create the Vietnam war and JFK's murder. Read this book to understand what the heck was going on back then! It will help you understand how we're in the mess we're in now.