The secret team: The CIA and its allies in control of the United States and the world

The Secret Team , L. Fletcher Prouty's expose of the CIA's brutal methods of maintaining national security during the Cold War, was first published in the 1970s. However, virtually all copies of the book disappeared upon distribution, having been purchased en masse by shady "private buyers." Certainly, Prouty's allegations--such as how the U-2 Crisis of 1960 was fixed to sabotage the Eisenhower/Khrushchev talks--cannot have pleased the CIA. Prouty contributed to Oliver Stone's handling of "JFK" & apparently apprised Jim Garrison of covert ops methodology. His role became a plot device, Prouty being the "X" played by Donald Sutherland. His book seemed a little outre at publication, but has stood the test of time, now being cited in academic & scholarly work. L. Fletcher Prouty (1917–2001), a retired Air Force colonel, served as the chief of special operations for the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the Kennedy years. He was directly in charge of the global system designed to provide military support for the clandestine activities of the CIA. Preface Contents Part I. The Secret Team Chapter 1 The “Secret Team”— The Real Power Structure Chapter 2 The Nature of Secret Team Activity: A Cuban Case Study Part II. The CIA: How It Runs Chapter 3 An Overviewof the CIA Chapter 4 From the Word of the Law to the Interpretation: President Kennedy Attempts to Put the CIA Under Control Chapter 5 “Defense” as a National Military Philosophy, the Natural Prey of the Intelligence Community Chapter 6 “It Shall Be the Duty of the Agency: to Advise, to Coordinate, to Correlate and Evaluate and Disseminate and to Perform Services of Common Concern..." Chapter 7 From the Pines of Maine to the Birches of Russia: The Nature of Clandestine Operations Chapter 8 CIA: The “Cover Story” Intelligence Agency and the Real-Life Clandestine Operator Chapter 9 The Coincidence of Crises Chapter 10 The Dulles-Jackson-Correa Report in Action Part III. The CIA: How It Is Organized Chapter 11 The Dulles Era Begins Chapter 12 Personnel: The Chameleon Came Chapter 13 Communications: The Web of the World Chapter 14 Transportation: Anywhere in the World—Now Chapter 15 Logistics by Miracle Part IV. The CIA: Some Examples Throughout the World Chapter 16 Cold War: The Pyrrhic Gambit Chapter 17 Mission Astray, Soviet Gamesmanship Chapter 18 Defense, Containment, and Anti-Communism Chapter 19 The New Doctrine: Special Forces and the Penetration of the Mutual Security Program Chapter 20 Khrushchev’s Challenge: The U-2 Dilemma Chapter 21 A Time of Covert Action: U-2 to Kennedy Inaugural Chapter 22 Camelot: From the Bay of Pigs to Dallas, Texas Chapter 23 Five Presidents: “Nightmares We Inherited” Appendix I. Definition of Special Operations Appendix II. Powers and Duties of the CIA Appendix III. Training Under the Mutual Security Program Bibliography Index Book Description The Secret Team : The CIA and Its Allies in Control of the United States and the World The Secret Team, L. Fletcher Prouty's CIA exposé, was first published in the 1970s, but virtually all copies of the book disappeared upon distribution, purchased en masse by shady "private buyers." Certainly Prouty's amazing allegations—that the U-2 Crisis of 1960 was fixed to sabotage Eisenhower-Khrushchev talks, and that President Kennedy was assassinated to keep the U.S., and its defense budget, in Vietnam—cannot have pleased the CIA. Though suppressed (until now), The Secret Team was an important influence for Oliver Stone's Academy Award-winning film JFK and countless other works on U.S. government conspiracies, and it raises the same crucial question today that it did on its first appearance: who, in fact, is in control of the United States and the world? "Col. L. Fletcher Prouty ... was the official Focal Point Officer for first the Air Force and then the Department of Defense for contacts with the CIA on all matters pertaining to the military support of Special Operations (Clandestine activities). The Secret Team pulls no punches, exposing the CIA for what it is and what it really does. Based on cold hard facts combined with historical hindsight, Prouty presents the CIA with an indictment--guilty of manipulation and deception concerning peoples and governments on both a domestic and international scope."