Howard Marks

Il Diavolo. Il Male assoluto. La parte oscura dell'uomo. Da quando mondo è mondo, questa figura dell'immaginario religioso ha sempre affascinato l'umanità, anche perché, considerato appunto che rappresenta il Male assoluto in contrapposizione al Bene assoluto, gode di un fascino tutto suo particolare, dovuto alla trasgressione totale, al desiderio del proibito, e di tutto ciò che sì situa al di là delle convenzioni sociali e della morale contingente.

In 1974, the Hughes Glomar Explorer, ostensibly an advanced deep-sea mining vessel owned by reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes, lowered a claw-like contraption to the floor of the Pacific Ocean. This high-tech venture was only a cover story for an even more improbable scheme: a CIA mission to retrieve a sunken Soviet submarine. Like a Jules Verne novel with an Ian Fleming twist, the saga of the Glomar Explorer features underwater espionage, impossible gadgetry, and high-stakes international drama. It also marks a key moment in the history of transparency—and not just for what became known as the Glomar response: "We can neither confirm nor deny. . . . "

They had the most dangerous job n the Air Force. Now Bury Us Upside Down reveals the never-before-told story of the Vietnam War’s top-secret jet-fighter outfit–an all-volunteer unit composed of truly extraordinary men who flew missions from which heroes are made.