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Summary: There are few archbishops in espionage
Comment: D. Ganser's book is frightening. He shows how a secret stay-behind network (Gladio) that should only become effective after a Warschaw Pact invasion of Western Europe, became an all important factor in Western politics, after the wealthy and powerful understood that their real enemies were the strong communist parties in Western democracies and the political parties of the left.
As John Prados says in his excellent introduction: `in country after country, Gladio influenced, violently or not, political processes through fear and terrorism. Police and security services protected perpetrated crimes and antidemocratic `state sponsors' created terrorist networks.'
It was everything except a benign game of play. In Italy alone, the strategy of tension was responsible between 1969 and 1987, for 14591 (not less) acts of violence with political motivation. There and elsewhere, bombs exploded in Bologna, Munich and Istanbul leaving hundreds of dead and crippled.
Other dirty `tricks' were torture, coup d'états, election fraud, assassinations, disinformation, provocation and false flag operations. In one word, a destructive spiral of violence.
This warfare planning group was linked to NATO, the Pentagon and the CIA and operated completely outside democratic control from the nationally elected legislators. It made a joke of national sovereignty.
A must read for all those who try to understand the world we live in.
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Summary: I cannot reccomend this book enough
Comment: The world we live in is a dark, dark place. We think that it is relatively bright because we have become accustomed to the dark. We watch CNN and think what we are seeing is news. We hear officials speak and we think we are hearing candor. We have lost the ability to recognize that 2 pluss 2 equals 4. A spade no longer appears to be a spade.
This book is not a look into a hidden world that has recently been uncovered. It is not a look at an experiment gone wrong. It is a look at the world we live in. The inhuman cynicism and callousness that Ganser describes and documents in this book is the rule, not the exception. It can be found everywhere.
The information that is disclosed in this volume describes the tip of the iceberg. The icerberg that you and I inhabit. You are standing on it right now.
Read this book. Open your eyes.
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Summary: Time To Wake Up
Comment: If you wanna be truley informed about what has been happening around the world for the last 50 years, this is a very very good place to start, and if you wonder why you shold fork out £75 listed at the time I bought it, I have to say the info on "Operation Gladio" alone is well worth it! The reason for this high price is that they (they being the world powers behind things like Gladio) dont want people to read it.
If you truley wanna be informed, spend the money and read this book! you owe it to yourself!
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