Veil: The Secret Wars of the CIA 1981-1987

bob woodward

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 highest-level operators, Woodward recounts one of the most clandestine operations in our nation’s history.

Genres historynonfictionpoliticsespionageamerican historywarthe united states of americajournalismamericanmilitary fiction

608 pages, Paperback

First published January 1,1987

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Format: 608 pages, Paperback
Published: July 1, 2005 by Simon \u0026 Schuster
ISBN: 9780743274036
ASIN: 0743274032
Language: English

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Ronald Reagan

Former actor and the 40th President of the United States. He served two terms from 1981 till 1989. Reagan is mostly known for his staunch opposition towards communism. He dubbed the term "Evil empire"Before he became president he also was the governor of ...
William J. Casey

William Joseph Casey (March 13, 1913 – May 6, 1987) was a Republican politician in the United States who was the Director of Central Intelligence from 1981 to 1987. In this capacity he oversaw the entire United States Intelligence Community and personally...

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bob woodward

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Robert "Bob" Upshur Woodward is an assistant managing editor of The Washington Post. While an investigative reporter for that newspaper, Woodward, working with fellow reporter Carl Bernstein, helped uncover the Watergate scandal that led to U.S. President Richard Nixon's resignation. Woodward has written 12 best-selling non-fiction books and has twice contributed reporting to efforts that collectively earned the Post and its National Reporting staff a Pulitzer Prize.