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001 2014032083
003 DLC
005 20150328082341.0
008 150206s2015 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2014032083
020 $a9781616149741 (hardcover)
020 $z9781616149758 (ebook)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
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050 00 $aDG577$b.W55 2015
082 00 $a327.1273045$223
084 $aHIS037070$aREL015000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aWilliams, Paul L.,$d1944-
245 10 $aOperation Gladio :$bthe unholy alliance between the Vatican, the CIA, and the Mafia /$cby Paul L. Williams.
264 1 $aAmherst, New York :$bPrometheus Books,$c2015.
300 $a381 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
520 2 $a"This disturbing expose describes a secret alliance forged at the close of World War II by the CIA, the Sicilian and US mafias, and the Vatican to thwart the possibility of a Communist invasion of Europe. Journalist Paul L. Williams presents evidence suggesting the existence of 'stay-behind' units in many European countries consisting of five thousand to fifteen thousand military operatives. According to the author's research, the initial funding for these guerilla armies came from the sale of large stocks of SS morphine that had been smuggled out of Germany and Italy and of bogus British bank notes that had been produced in concentration camps by skilled counterfeiters. As the Cold War intensified, the units were used not only to ward off possible invaders, but also to thwart the rise of left-wing movements in South America and NATO-based countries by terror attacks. Williams argues that Operation Gladio soon gave rise to the toppling of governments, wholesale genocide, the formation of death squads, financial scandals on a grand scale, the creation of the mujahideen, an international narcotics network, and, most recently, the ascendancy of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, a Jesuit cleric with strong ties to Operation Condor (an outgrowth of Gladio in Argentina) as Pope Francis I. Sure to be controversial, Operation Gladio connects the dots in ways the mainstream media often overlooks"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
610 20 $aGladio (Organization)$xHistory.
650 0 $aAnti-communist movements$zItaly$xHistory.
650 0 $aAnti-communist movements$zEurope$xHistory.
650 0 $aGuerrillas$zEurope$xHistory.
650 0 $aMafia$zItaly$zSicily$xHistory.
650 0 $aMafia$zUnited States$xHistory.
610 10 $aCatholic Church$zItaly$zRome$xHistory.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bCentral Intelligence Agency$xHistory.
651 0 $aItaly$xPolitics and government$y20th century.
650 0 $aCold War.
650 7 $aHISTORY / Modern / 20th Century.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aRELIGION / Christianity / History.$2bisacsh
856 42 $3Cover image$u9781616149741.jpg