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REVIEWS @ This, plus about 60 other 'conspira- cies’, are well researched and concisely described. I note with respect the author(s) unemotionally present both sides of the picture and thus appear not to take sides. The information is non- stop and leaves you gasping for breath. Then, just when you are getting seri- ously convinced that they are all out to get you, there are several rather humorous quizzes and examples to set you off. On top of all this, references are sup- plied, thus ensuring a future article or two in Nexus Magazines to come. By The National insecurity Council Publ: Earth Works Press, Berkeley, CA, USA. Cost: $20.00 (Australia) Available: The Sydney Esoteric Bookshop. See advert page 60 this issue. An excellent book! Despite the frivo- lous-sounding title and author(s), this book is a researcher's delight. It has short concise, and surprisingly well- researched paragraphs outlining 250 pages of some well-known and some not so well-known, conspiracies. Although most of the conspiracies covered are American based, there is still enough international intrigue to make it worth buying. + Did the US encourage Saddam Hussein to attack Kuwait? * Was William Randolph Hearst a paid agent of Adolf Hitler? - Were Malcolm X and Karen Silkwood murdered by the US govern- ment? PROFITS OF WAR The-sensational story of the world-wide arms conspiracy - Was George Bush a CIA agent in the 1960s? * Why did the US government take Nazi war criminals under its wing? The Sensational Story Of The World-Wide Arms Conspiracy By Ari Ben-Menashe Publ: Allen & Unwin, NSW. Aust. Cost: $ 395 pages with index A mind blowing book! Whether it's true or made up, it ties together many international intrigues into a very read- able and jaw-dropping story. Ari Ben-Menashe tells the story of his life as an intelligence officer in Israeli Intelligence up to his fall from grace just a few years ago. His ‘job’ operating with some of the highest levels of the Israeli Cabinet involved the negotiation and organisa- tion of arms deals, on a grand scale. A career story linking such apparent- ly unconnected scandals such as the death of media baron Robert Maxwell, Mark Thatcher (son of Margaret Thatcher, Alan Bond, West Australia Inc., several military coups in South American nations, the Iran-Contragate Scandal and more. It is one of those books that most publishers will not print, and which do not think will be around for too long, which is unfortunate because the book is an excellent story in itself, despite NEXUS¢57 IT’S A CONSPIRACY! FEBRUARY-MARCH '93 PROFITS OF WAR