John Prados, Author . Oxford Univ. $35 (416p) ISBN 978-0-19-512847-5
This highly detailed look at one of the major spymasters of the post–WWII era is another intriguing work by the prolific Prados (Keepers of the Keys: A History of the National Security Council from Truman to Bush). The book focuses on key...
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John Prados, Author . New Press $75 (hardcover plus 9 CDs) ISBN 978-1-56584-852-8
Starting with FDR, just about all U.S. presidents have tape-recorded at least some Oval Office conversations. Currently, more than 4,600 hours of White House tapes are known to exist, 4,000 hours' worth recorded by Nixon. Of the total,...
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John Prados, Author John Wiley & Sons $50 (432p) ISBN 978-0-471-25465-2
Military historian Prados (The Japanese Navy in World War II) uses the notorious Ho Chi Minh Trail both as a focus for his history and as a metaphor for this blow-by-blow account of America's involvement in Vietnam. For the North, the trail was the "
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John Prados, Author William Morrow & Company $24.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-688-07397-8
``Something is wrong with the system,'' according to Prados, ``when the NSC principals advise against a weapons sale, the Vice President says he opposed it, and the President says he does not remember it, but the sale occurs anyway and the proceeds...
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John Prados, Author Ivan R. Dee Publisher $27.5 (347p) ISBN 978-1-56663-079-5
Prados (The Presidents' Secret Wars) offers a rare fresh look at the war in Southeast Asia. Instead of trying to cover it chronologically from start to finish, he has illuminated the ``high'' points and dilated on issues moving into eclipse. He...
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John Prados, Author William Morrow & Company $22.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-688-05384-0
According to the author, covert operations conducted by the U.S. since 1947 have contributed little to American national security. The record reveals failures to be far more numerous than successes, and the latter (Operation Ajax in Iran and...
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John Prados. NAL Caliber, $28 (400p) ISBN 978-0-451-47361-5
In this well-researched and detailed account, Prados (Islands of Destiny), an experienced historian and professional intelligence analyst, examines the Battle of Leyte Gulf, the largest naval battle of WWII, which resulted in the destruction of the...
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John Prados. New Press, $35 (480p) ISBN 978-1-62097-088-1
Prados (Storm Over Leyte), a prolific military historian and senior fellow of the National Security Archive, unearths the ways in which the CIA, “over seven decades, has resisted—and finally decoupled itself from—government accountability.” The...
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John Prados, Author, Ray W. Stubbe, With Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $29.95 (551p) ISBN 978-0-395-55003-8
The battle for the American combat base called Khe Sanh, in the northernmost province of South Vietnam, is one of the more coherent and fathomable developments in the bewildering complications of the Vietnam War. Here is the definitive history of...
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