This fascinating new study shows how the CIA and the British secret service, in collaboration with the military alliance NATO and European military secret services, set up a network of clandestine anti-communist armies in Western Europe after World War II. These secret soldiers were trained on remote islands in the Mediterranean and in unorthodox warfare centres in England and in the United States by the Green Berets and SAS Special Forces. The network was armed with explosives, machine guns and high-tech communication equipment hidden in underground bunkers and secret arms caches in forests and mountain meadows. In some countries the secret army linked up with right-wing terrorist who in a secret war engaged in political manipulation, harrassement of left wing parties, massacres, coup d'états and torture. Codenamed 'Gladio' ('the sword'), the Italian secret army was exposed in 1990 by Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti to the Italian Senate, whereupon the press spoke of "The best kept, and most damaging, political-military secret since World War II" (Observer, 18. November 1990) and observed that "The story seems straight from the pages of a political thriller." (The Times, November 19, 1990). Ever since, so-called 'stay-behind' armies of NATO have also been discovered in France, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxemburg, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, Austria, Greece and Turkey. They were internationally coordinated by the Pentagon and NATO and had their last known meeting in the NATO-linked Allied Clandestine Committee (ACC) in Brussels in October 1990.

This disturbing exposé describes a secret alliance forged at the close of World War II by the CIA, the Sicilian and US mafias, and the Vatican to thwart the possibility of a Communist invasion of Europe. Journalist Paul L. Williams presents evidence suggesting the existence of “stay-behind” units in many European countries consisting of five thousand to fifteen thousand military operatives. According to the author’s research, the initial funding for these guerilla armies came from the sale of large stocks of SS morphine that had been smuggled out of Germany and Italy and of bogus British bank notes that had been produced in concentration camps by skilled counterfeiters. As the Cold War intensified, the units were used not only to ward off possible invaders, but also to thwart the rise of left-wing movements in South America and NATO-based countries by terror attacks. Williams argues that Operation Gladio soon gave rise to the toppling of governments, wholesale genocide, the formation of death squads, financial scandals on a grand scale, the creation of the mujahideen, an international narcotics network, and, most recently, the ascendancy of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, a Jesuit cleric with strong ties to Operation Condor (an outgrowth of Gladio in Argentina) as Pope Francis I. Sure to be controversial, Operation Gladio connects the dots in ways the mainstream media often overlooks.

"Alleges that since the end of World War II the Vatican Bank has been laundering money for black-ops involving the Mafia, the CIA, and international drug smuggling."--Provided by publisher.

A searing account of a dark “chapter in U.S. Cold War history . . . to help the anti-Soviet aims of American intelligence and national security agencies” (Library Journal). Even before the final shots of World War II were fired, another war began—a cold war that pitted the United States against its former ally, the Soviet Union. As the Soviets consolidated power in Eastern Europe, the CIA scrambled to gain the upper hand against new enemies worldwide. To this end, senior officials at the CIA, National Security Council, and other elements of the emerging US national security state turned to thousands of former Nazis, Waffen Secret Service, and Nazi collaborators for propaganda, psychological warfare, and military operations. Many new recruits were clearly responsible for the deaths of countless innocents as part of Adolph Hitler’s “Final Solution,” yet were whitewashed and claimed to be valuable intelligence assets. Unrepentant mass murderers were secretly accepted into the American fold, their crimes forgotten and forgiven with the willing complicity of the US government. Blowback is the first thorough, scholarly study of the US government’s extensive recruitment of Nazis and fascist collaborators right after the war. Although others have approached the topic since, Simpson’s book remains the essential starting point. The author demonstrates how this secret policy of collaboration only served to intensify the Cold War and has had lasting detrimental effects on the American government and society that endure to this day.

The Gladio Code, volume "The Revelation, The Wrath of God", or "When Killers, terrorists, and natural disasters are remotely controlled to attack and manipulate populations", is a my true story that reads like a real suspense! +++ The Gladio Code is my story, my logbook, as an intelligence agent, and most importantly, as messenger of Gladio, under the name of Marc Delantre. This organization, which some call Satan, is a masterpiece of our world. It archives the lies and the crimes of the authorities, whoever they are, and to whom it proposes its services to realize them. Gladio manipulates people, earth, water and fire, like no one. It organizes in an unofficial way and without leaving any trace, attacks, mass killings and all other crimes, as well as natural or accidental disasters, including volcanoes, earthquakes and other deluge of water or fire. At each operation, Gladio uses its Code, all in symbols, to communicate it to Marc Delantre. Today, Gladio has a mission to reduce the population of the Earth by 50%, under 5 years. Before that, it must ask Marc Delantre, to reveal to the world, the crimes and lies that Gladio is aware of for having often helped to realize them. These revelations should, according to Gladio, annihilate our world, because they bring us back to our origins and challenge our entire history and beliefs. God bless you.

A dangerous man in a time of war .1972: Michael Winter is a ruthless killer and assassin. He is also part of a covert CIA operation known only as "Gladio." Its goal - conduct guerrilla warfare against a Soviet occupation of Western Europe. Trained from boyhood by a former SS officer, he is the deadliest agent of the Hannover cell.But something goes terribly wrong. Michael is shaken by a crisis of conscience and quits after being ordered to commit terrorist acts against his fellow West Germans. He leaves Gladio to start a quiet life of his own. 1985: The Soviets invade West Germany. Caught in the West German countryside during the opening salvos of the conflict, Michael and his family are trapped west of Hannover. Their lives are transformed in an instant. To ensure their survival, Michael must make gut-wrenching decisions. There's only one man he can turn to when all hell breaks loose - his mentor, a fanatic who will stop at nothing to avenge old grudges.Michael is forced to confront his past and return to the life of a killer to help his wife and two children survive World War III. Can he do what he must to save his family?

Is the United States a force for democracy? From China in the 1940s to Guatemala today, William Blum presents a comprehensive study of American covert and overt interference, by one means or another, in the internal affairs of other countries. Each chapter of the book covers a year in which the author takes one particular country case and tells the story - and each case throws light on particular US tactics of intervention.