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 enlarge | Author: Alex Constantine
Publisher: Feral House
Category: Book
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Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 174405
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 280
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.5
ISBN: 092291561X
Dewey Decimal Number: 781.660922
EAN: 9780922915613
ASIN: 092291561X
Publication Date: May 1, 2000
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 Disturbing but Courageous Reportage November 3, 2003
13 out of 15 found this review helpful
Why has it taken so long for this book to appear? Obviously, Jimi Hendrix did not perish from a heroin overdose, as the media-at-large had it at the time ... so why have so few journalists bothered to investigate the true cause of death? The same holds true for the "death by misadventure" of Brian Jones, founder of the Rolling Stones. Several witnesses to Jones's MURDER were intimidated into silence, told to keep their mouths shut or they would be next, but have nevertheless recently come forward -- yet the VICTIM is still blamed for his own tragic demise -- to the present day. We, as a culture, revel in bullying, scapegoating and lying to ourselves. This book -- highly informative and colorfully-written -- is a case study in fascist conspiracies and the ""Good Germans" in the press who have allowed them to thrive like poison toads in America's tumultuous cultural garden. The Left should seize upon this book as an indictment of a criminalized intelligence community, and a lesson in journalism.
Author is Way Ahead of his Times, its almost Revolutionary February 3, 2003
9 out of 11 found this review helpful
The revolution will not be televised, Alex Constantine is a writer who is exposing the right wing fasict (terrorist) intelligence agencies of the USA. Read this and you will be enlightened. And to those who call it Conspiracy theories??? These people are brainwashed by the corporate-owned media. ...
Important History of Rock that Shatters Illusions January 5, 2001
20 out of 20 found this review helpful
If this book does not become a classic, I will be shocked and appalled. The murder of political rock musicians has long been a subject of speculation. Wish I had a nickel for every time the death of Morrison or Lennon was brought up, followed by the refrain "I'll bet the government did it." Constantine not only lays out the killing program and operations in detail, he provides the intelligence community documents in which the deaths of outspoken musicians were mandated. Who can doubt it when the CIA's own files contain orders to kill? Some programmed zombies out there subject to media manipulation will have a hard time with the many epiphonies that Covert War offers, but reality is often hard to take, even many years after the fact. This is a dispiriting, and as Constantine keeps reminding us, fascist culture, but much needed reforms will never come about until people who have become complacent and satisfied with the status quo gather as much courage as writers like Constantine possesses in his little finger.The debunkers can eat cake - I'll take this feast of buried truths any day over the pablum the media turns out to quell the national conscience and turn us all into mindless ultraconformists. This is the dark side of the air-conditioned nightmare that is Amerika. A fine book, recommended to everyone who loves rock music.
 They are all dead. That is why there is no proof. September 8, 2000
16 out of 21 found this review helpful
"the covert war against rock," raises more questions than it answers. Nevertheless, they are important questions to ask, and hopefully, in time, we will find the answers. It is difficult to find proof to substantiate some of the things he says because those in power are very good at covering up what they do. Nevertheless, it is the patterns in place that make the case, a consistent tendency to "disappear" those who have the most to offer in terms of information about what is really going on out there. They are all dead. That is why there is no proof. In addition to patterns of behavior, it is also wise to look to motive. Who benefits? Follow the money. Constantine knows what he is doing. I have great respect for his work. If you are of the opinion that something is not quite right in the land of the free and the home of the brave, read this book. Read them all. And then read some more.
I really wanted to like this book - and I DID August 29, 2000
10 out of 14 found this review helpful
The book is a valuable store of irrefutable facts that shatter status quo beliefs - and what could be better than that in an era of religio-political hypocrites, corrupt to the core, who presume to lecture on "values." Yes, the government often silences its critics, including activists and dissenters in the entertainment business. The CIA and Mafia run rampant, while the public yawns and squeals bloody murder about insignificant events. Okay, this book made me angry ... at the greedy men with no regard for human rights who run the show. Read this book. You won't regret it, and it could change your entire outlook on politics, as it did mine.
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