Random House published The Invisible Government by David Wise & Thomas Ross in 1964, exposing the role the CIA was playing in foreign policy. This included the coups in Guatemala (Operation PBSUCCESS) & Iran (Operation Ajax) & the Bay of Pigs operation. It also revealed the CIA's attempts to overthrow President Sukarno in Indonesia & the covert operations taking place in Laos & Vietnam. The CIA considered buying up its entire printing. This idea was rejected when Random House pointed out that if this happened they would print a 2nd edition The invisible government 48 hours Build-up Invasion The case of the Birmingham widows A history Burma: the innocent ambassador Indonesia: "soldiers of fortune" Laos: the pacifist warriors Vietnam: the secret war Guatemala: CIA's banana revolt The Kennedy shake-up The secret elite The National Security Agency The Defense Intelligence Agency CIA: "it's well hidden" CIA: the inner workings The search for control Purity in the Peace Corps A gray operator Missle crisis Electronic spies Black radio CIA's guano paradise-The 1960 campaign-& now A conclusion
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Librarian Note: There is more than one author by this name in the Goodreads database. From Wikipedia: «David Wise (May 10, 1930 – October 8, 2018) was an American journalist and author who worked for the New York Herald-Tribune in the 1950s and 1960s, and published a series of non-fiction books on espionage and US politics as well as several spy novels. His book The Politics of Lying: Government Deception, Secrecy, and Power (1973) won the George Polk Award (Book category, 1973), and the George Orwell Award (1975).» Most of his books were non-fiction examinations of espionage and U.S. politics. According to his obituary in the New York Times, “He also wrote three spy novels, which were praised for their insight and authority.” Those novels include: • Spectrum, 1981 • The Children's Game, 1983 • Samarkand Dimension, 1987
