VEIL: The Secret Wars of the CIA 1981-1987
by Woodward, Bob
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 0671601172
- ISBN 13
- 9780671601171
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 1987. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. From Bob Woodward, legendary investigative reporter, VEIL is the story of the covert wars that were waged by the CIA across Central America, Iran and Libya in a secretive atmosphere and became the centerpieces and eventual time bombs of American foreign policy in the 1980s. With unprecedented access to the government's ighest-level operators, Woodward recounts one of the most clandestine operations in our nation's history. Fine, unread, first edition, first printing, in near-fine (some fading to jacket spine, else fine) mylar-protected dust jacket.[Not remainder-marked or price-clipped] NF44
Synopsis
Based on hundreds of inside sources and secret documents, the author reveals the inner operations of the C.I.A., the world's largest and most sophisticated espionage apparatus, its players, and its clandestine relationships throughout the world.
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- Bookseller
- Joe Staats, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021304
- Title
- VEIL: The Secret Wars of the CIA 1981-1987
- Author
- Woodward, Bob
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0671601172
- ISBN 13
- 9780671601171
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1987
- Pages
- 543
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Product_type
- 2
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