{"product_id":"dirty-tricks-shane-osullivan-9781510729582","title":"Dirty Tricks: Nixon, Watergate, and the CIA","description":"The victory of Richard Nixon in the US presidential election of 1968 swung on an \"October Surprise\"-- a treasonous plot engineered by key figures in the Republican Party to keep the South Vietnamese government away from peace talks in Paris, costing thousands of American lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e There is growing evidence that the CIA was deeply involved in illegal domestic operations targeting Daniel Ellsberg, and in the Watergate break-ins during Nixon's 1972 campaign, which ultimately led to his downfall. CIA Director Richard Helms' relationship with Watergate burglar E. Howard Hunt was much closer than previously disclosed and the CIA agent inside the plot was sent on a double agent mission by American intelligence after he got out of prison. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Drawing on newly-declassified files and previously-unpublished documents, \u003ci\u003eDirty Tricks\u003c\/i\u003e debunks the myths around Watergate and deepens our understanding of the \"dirty tricks\" that undermined democracy during the Nixon years and destroyed public trust in politics during the seventies. These scandals turn on the covert action of two powerful interest groups--the senior CIA officers around Helms, and the key advisers around Nixon - in this chilling story of political espionage and deception.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shane O'Sullivan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1510729585\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781510729582\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hot Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/20\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 576\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2018 pg. 66","brand":"Shane O'Sullivan","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43992160567551,"sku":"9781510729582","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4be23573-71de-465a-b33c-72aba7dd5976.jpg?v=1683314380","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dirty-tricks-shane-osullivan-9781510729582","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}