About this episode

The episode features an interview with Douglas Valentine discussing his works on CIA operations and drug trafficking.

This week we are honored and humbled to be joined by the legendary Douglas Valentine, author of such noided classics as “The Phoenix Program” - the quintessential work on the CIA’s mass surveillance and assassination program in Vietnam; “Strength of the Wolf” and “Strength of the Pack” - chronicling deep-state involvement in global drug trafficking through control of the drug-enforcement apparatus; and his memoir “Pisces Moon,” which ties together history, personal narrative, and Debordian political insights on how the present reflects the past. Our conversation is both wide-ranging and succinct, and we hope will be only the first of several. You can find links to buy all of Doug’s books (which you should!) here: https://www.douglasvalentine.com/ Follow Doug on Twitter @ dougvalentine77 Check out Kat Lê, the DJ responsible for the Vietnamese music interlude: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPt1VaAVPNo&list=RDGPt1VaAVPNo&start_radio=1 The other song featured is from the great Chilean songster, Victor Jara - his ode to Ho Chi Minh and the people of Vietnam, “El Derecho de Vivir en Paz.”

People in this episode

Host: Fourth Reich Archaeology

Guest: Douglas Valentine

Topics covered

• CIA
• mass surveillance
• assassination program
• drug trafficking
• Vietnam War
• political insights

Keywords

• CIA
• Douglas Valentine
• Vietnam
• drug trafficking
• assassination
• political insights
• The Phoenix Program

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Phoenix Program, Strength of the Wolf, Strength of the Pack, Pisces Moon

Places: Vietnam, Chile

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