Understanding Special Operations, 1999 1st Edition

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1st edition, first printing.

ISBN 0-9673507-0-0

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 99-75115

Manufactured in the United States of America
on 60% recovered and 25% post-consumer waste recylced paper
with soy-based inks.

For

my parents, John and Elizabeth Ratcliffe,
who taught me to seek out life's infinite possibilities,

and

all who strive to build a sustainable civilization
where nature, humanity, and technology manifest
a contemporary wholeness that serves and honors life.

Special Operations are an ad hoc creation — probably
the strongest ad hoc creation in our government today.

— L. Fletcher Prouty, 1999

Acknowledgments
Foreword
Introduction

1. Colonel L. Fletcher Prouty's Military Experiences 1941-1963

Part I: 1941-1945

Part II: 1945-1961

Part III: 1961-1963

2. Understanding The Secret Team in the Post-World War II Era

Part I

Part II

Part III

3. A Very Special Operation: The Assassination of President Kennedy

Part I

Part II

Epilogue

Appendix A

Prefaces to 3 Editions of The Secret Team

Appendix B

Copies of NSAMs 263 and 273, and Some Primary Supporting Documents

Appendix C

NSC 5412, "National Security Council Directive on Covert Operations"

Appendix D

Krulak Letter Re: Dealey Plaza Photos And Lansdale Ident

Appendix E

Copies of NSAMs 55, 56, and 57

Appendix F

Prouty Letter Regarding JFK Assassination Conspiracy and Cover Story

Appendix G

Organizations Dedicated To A Sustainable Future

Index

Back Cover

David T. Ratcliffe, Publisher
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