*****With the tragic shattering of a public building in Oklahoma City serving as a stern warning of the needless bloodshed that may soon follow, and with the pathetic admissions of mistakes committed in Vietnam by former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara that dug nagging wounds in our collective psyche, the time has come for America to re-evaluate the honesty of those persons we choose to run our government.

*****It is not enough to condemn those who betray the American ideal; it is too late to damn them. However, it is crucial that we understand when and how they lied to us. We must then correct it all not by force of arms, but through the voting power of an accurately informed public.

*****A promise: Each of the eight books comprising Lies Our Fathers Told Us will reveal from the viewpoint of an intimate player the up-close and brutal details behind some of the most politically cynical events in modern American history.

*****Because of its highly sensitive and personal nature, a truly candid book series of this scope was impossible to write during the lifetime of Frank Sturgis. Until his highly suspicious death on December 4, 1993, Frank's sole focus in life was to topple Fidel Castro from power, to return Cuba to democracy, and to force the CIA into confessing the horrible truth behind the lies our political fathers have told us from 1959 through the present day.

*****All the explosive facts represented in these manuscripts some directly involving the author are based upon actual events and real persons. However, to defuse possible harassing lawsuits and to blunt overly critical commentaries, these manuscripts contain an occasional fictionalized name, excepting certain historical figures whose deeds are too infamous to be forgiven. In short, these entertaining yet informative books offer explosive reasons to re-examine the why of it all.

met secretly with PLO Chairman Yassir Arafat in Tunisia and subsequently conveyed the PLO's initial Middle East peace offer to the White House.

*****Until his assassination at age 68, Colonel Frank Sturgis commanded the largest paramilitary army in the western hemisphere. His death certificate listed cancer as the cause of death. No Cuban believes that; the fellow undercover agent he called "Beto" does not believe it. They believe Fidel Castro had Frank murdered with the full knowledge and consent of the CIA.

*****Warned in early 1993 of imminent assassination attempts on his life by agents of Fidel Castro, Frank Sturgis chose to entrust to his close friend, Beto, the many confidential details to his life's experiences.

*****Jan Hunt Sturgis, Frank's widow, plus many fellow revolutionaries, former agents, two former Watergate burglars, and other heretofore silent insiders to the extraordinary exploits of Frank Sturgis have pledged to Beto their full cooperation to make Lies Our Fathers Told Us a success in accuracy and sheer honesty.

*****Whenever the name Frank Sturgis is mentioned, it usually rings loud bells and stirs a big pot of controversy. It should. Frank Sturgis lived a life that Walter Mitty dreamed of: his life brimmed with danger, desire, high adventure, and international intrigue at the highest and lowest levels. To the suckered media, Frank played his tough guy role to its hilt; few reporters suspected that the heart of a true patriot beat beneath his sweaty fatigues or his flashy silk suits. Hollywood could only portray Frank Sturgis by an actor as sincerely patriotic as John Wayne, as movie-tough as Sylvester Stallone, and as cool as Sean Connery. But Frank Sturgis was no play actor. He was the real McCoy.

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