March 1997:

This 1997 edition of the book is available in its entirety on Len Osanic's rip-roaring 1997 CD-ROM, The Collected Works of Col. L. Fletcher Prouty along with ~600MB of 70+ articles, 100 images, 30 topics and 6 hours of audio material. Read all about it and how to order your own copy by going to: www.prouty.org

Here on ratical we will be hooking up the rest of the book in HTML and ASCII formats over the next 7 months. Each month will see the following chapters come online:

May: Chapters 3-6
June: Chapters 7-10
July: Chapters 11-15
August: Chapters 16-19
September: Chapters 20-23
October: Appendices I-III

The online copy of this book was made possible by the efforts and generosity of Len Osanic. We thank him for his support. Be sure to check out the details on the complete CD if you are interested in this book. There is a great deal to recommend it for anyone who wants to study the writings, interviews and perceptions of Colonel Prouty. The significance of Prouty's level and depth of first-hand experience of World War II and direct participation in the ensuing birth and rise of the National Security State is provided in great detail on The Collected Works CD.

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Author's Note

Preface

Preface to the Second Edition

Preface: "THE SECRET TEAM II" 1997

               PART I      THE SECRET TEAM

Chapter   1            The "Secret Team" -- the Real Power Structure

Chapter   2            The Nature of Secret Team Activity:   A Cuban Case Study

               PART II      THE CIA: HOW IT RUNS

Chapter   3            An Overview of the CIA

           Section I. Intelligence versus Secret Operations

           Section II. Origins of the Agency and
                              the Seeds of Secret Operations

           Section III. A Simple Coup d'État to a Global Mechanism

Chapter   4            From the Word of the Law to the Interpretation:
                             President Kennedy Attempts to Put the CIA Under Control

Chapter   5            "Defense" as a National Military Philosophy,
                             the Natural Prey of the Intelligence Community

Chapter   6            "It Shall Be the Duty of the Agency:   To Advise, to Coordinate,
                             to Correlate and Evaluate and Disseminate
                             and to Perform Services of Common Concern . . ."

           Coordination of Intelligence -- the
           Major Assigned Role of the CIA

           Correlation, Evaluation and Dissemination of
           Intelligence:   Heart of the Profession

           Services of Common Concern:   An Attempt at Efficiency

Chapter   7            From the Pines of Maine to the Birches of Russia:
                             The Nature of Clandestine Operations

Chapter   8            CIA:   "The Cover Story" Intelligence Agency
                             and the Real-Life Clandestine Operator

Chapter   9            The Coincidence of Crises

Chapter 10            The Dulles-Jackson-Correa Report in Action

               PART III      THE CIA: HOW IT IS ORGANIZED

Chapter 11            The Dulles Era Begins

Chapter 12            Personnel:   The Chameleon Game

Chapter 13            Communications: The Web of the World

Chapter 14            Transportation: Anywhere in the World -- Now

Chapter 15            Logistics by Miracle

               PART IV      THE CIA: SOME EXAMPLES
                                 THROUGHOUT THE WORLD

Chapter 16            Cold War:   The Pyrrhic Gambit

Chapter 17            Mission Astray, Soviet Gamesmanship

Chapter 18            Defense, Containment, and Anti-Communism

Chapter 19            The New Doctrine:   Special Forces and
                             the Penetration of the Mutual Security Program

Chapter 20            Khrushchev's Challenge:   The U-2 Dilemma

Chapter 21            A Time of Covert Action:   U-2 to Kennedy Inaugural

Chapter 22           Camelot: From the Bay of Pigs to Dallas, Texas

Chapter 23           Five Presidents: "Nightmares We Inherited"

               APPENDICES:

           I. Definition of Special Operations

           II. Powers and Duties of the CIA

           III. Training Under the Mutual Security Program

               BIBLIOGRAPHY

               INDEX