UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Coverup, 1941-1973 - Softcover

Richard M. Dolan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1571743170 ISBN 13: 9781571743176

Publisher: Hampton Roads Publishing, 2002

Synopsis

Richard M. Dolan is a gifted historian whose study of U.S. Cold War strategy led him to the broader context of increased security measures and secrecy since World War II. One aspect of such government policies that has continued to hold the public's imagination for over half a century is the question of unidentified flying objects.

UFOs and the National Security State is the first volume of a two-part detailed chronological narrative of the national security dimensions of the UFO phenomenon from 1941 to the present. Working from hundreds of declassified records and other primary and secondary sources, Dolan centers his investigation on the American military and intelligence communities, demonstrating that they take UFOs seriously indeed.

Included in this volume are the activities of more than fifty military bases relating to UFOs, innumerable violations of sensitive airspace by unknown craft and analyses of the Roswell controversy, the CIA-sponsored Robertson Panel, and the Condon Committee Report. Dolan highlights the development of civilian anti-secrecy movements, which flourished in the 1950s and 1960s until the adoption of an official government policy and subsequent "closing of the door" during the Nixon administration.

About this title

From the Publisher:

This book is a unique acheivement in the field of UFO scholarship. Based on research of hundreds of official and fully documented sources, Richard Dolan has presented an astonishing level of detail, sophistication, and clarity to a topic all-too-frequently dismissed as an adjunct of pop culture.

From the Author:

When I set out to write this book, I had no idea that it would be over 500 pages, but am pleased with how it has turned out. While undertaking my project, it became clear to me just how necessary this book is. Unlikely though it may seem, you cannot find any other book that provides the crucial foundation everyone needs: a clear, comprehensive, but concise historical narrative of the problem. This is exactly what I have tried to do. In addition, I have worked hard to make this book a good read. I expended much time and effort into gaining my reader's interest, and am pleased to announce that my early readers all seem to agree that my book is a page-turner. This is important to me: I want this book to be as easy to use as possible.

I have been encouraged by the extremely positive response from my readers, starting from well before the book's publication. I fully expected this book to generate good feedback. What I did not expect was the intensity of this response. The information in the book, combined with its manner of presentation, seems to have struck a resonant chord with many readers in a way that has exceeded my best expectations.

I am currently working on this study's second volume, which will take the story through the remainder of the 20th century.

About this edition

• Publisher: Hampton Roads Publishing
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1571743170
• ISBN 13: 9781571743176
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 478