title: Secret Warriors: Inside the Covert Military Operations of the Reagan Era
author:  Steven Emerson 
description: Emerson describes how the Pentagon set up its own clandestine "mini-CIA" following the bungled attempt to rescue the hostages in Iran in 1980. A leak in 1983 led to a widespread investigation by certain Army officials and the Justice Department, resulting in secret court-martials and the conviction of several key Army officers who had "decided they knew what was best for the country." More recently, some of the original players participated in a reincarnation of the scheme called "Enterprise," according to Emerson (The American House of Saud). Part business empire, part military-intelligence operation under late CIA director William Casey and National Security Council staffer Oliver North, the Enterprise operation reportedly provided a framework for retired Air Force Gen. Richard Secord and Iranian-born businessman Albert Hakim to control elements of U.S. foreign policy while making huge profits. Emerson focuses on what he sees as the central paradox of covert operations: they are necessary, but they tend to spin out of control. First serial to U.S. News &amp; World Report. <br />Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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  Secret Armies
  
  
    
  
  
    
  [Preface.  
  
  
    
  [I. Czechoslovakia—Before The Carving  
  
  
    
  [II. England's Cliveden Set  
  
  
    
  [III. France's Secret Fascist Army  
  
  
    
  [IV. Dynamite Under Mexico  
  
  
    
  [V. Surrounding the Panama Canal  
  
  
    
  [VI. Secret Agents Arrive in America  
  
  
    
  [VII. Nazi Spies and American “Patriots”  
  
  
    
  [VIII. Henry Ford and Secret Nazi Activities  
  
  
    
  [IX. Nazi Agents in American Universities  
  
  
    
  [X. Underground Armies in America  
  
  
    
  [XI. The Dies Committee Suppresses Evidence  
  
  
    
  [Conclusion.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # Secret Armies
  
  
  ### John L. Spivak
  
  
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  [Preface.
  
  
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  [I. Czechoslovakia—Before The Carving
  
  
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  [II. England's Cliveden Set
  
  
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  [III. France's Secret Fascist Army
  
  
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  [IV. Dynamite Under Mexico
  
  
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  [V. Surrounding the Panama Canal
  
  
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  [VI. Secret Agents Arrive in America
  
  
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  [VII. Nazi Spies and American “Patrio