As promised, I will be releasing “A Dangerous Truth” ins September.
In keeping with what will be “tradition” with this series (“Operation Mind Crime”) I’m posting the Author’s notes below.
AUTHOR’S NOTES
A Dangerous Truth begins as the Vietnam War era is winding down. It’s a time when we as a country were looking for answers and attempting to heal from a war gone wrong. Many found it difficult to forget the turmoil or even to just set aside the discontent experienced by many, so they could move on. Many held on to the pain, and rightfully so, but to their detriment.
The story picks up where The War Within left off, in Madison Wisconsin. The Stewart family spend the years of the War struggling with the pain associated with the politics and the loss related to war. With the end of the war, there was a period, where some lashed out at those returning home from Southeast Asia. While the majority just wanted to forget and get on with living.
Throughout A Dangerous Truth, you will see hints of these struggles. You will also continue to see the secrecy and scandal that continued to litter our government agencies—even if they deny it.
As the soldiers return home, there are many who struggle with what became labeled as PTSD. PTSD is something we still see today with our returning military. In the mid, to late ’70s some doctors denied these men and shamed them by saying the struggle and pain “were all in their head,” now we know better. You will witness this within the pages of A Dangerous Truth. You will also see it go a step further. As you become apprised of those, who had PTSD, you will also notice victims of government experiments exposed during the Church Commission Hearings. A Dangerous Truth delves into some of these programs, which some say never existed.
As you work your way through the pages, you will read not only about the mind control programs, but you will also learn about the men who perpetrated the crime—some of whom were German scientists straight off the boat from Germany after World War II.
Others were doctors who believed entirely in the ability to reprogram the human mind. The results of such testing left many people disabled or worse yet – dead. The Church Commission revealed little about these subjects, and because those involved, destroyed most of the records, the Church Commission couldn’t determine to what degree people were affected.
As you read through A Dangerous Truth, you will come across little hints of information that will cause you to question what you read. I want you to discern what you read. I want you to let your mind consider the story and distinguish fact from fiction. Throughout the Cold War (1950s–1970s) the government worked the mind control programs called MKULTRA, Operation Paperclip, and Operation Bluebird, among others while considering what they hoped to accomplish. Some say they were just looking for a truth serum while others think it was a super soldier they were attempting to create. While you will read within the pages about a super soldier program, it is fictitious—at least for this story. Any reference to information relative to Vietnam and a connection to anything that occurred during the war is fiction (as I was unable to Confirm).
While working your way through A Dangerous Truth, you will also read about Montauk Airforce Station/Camp Hero and mind control programs that occurred there. You may recall the name because that’s where the Philadelphia Experiment took place in 1943. The information portrayed in A Dangerous Truth is also fictitious relative to this story. I leave any facts that exist about the Montauk Mind Control Program for you to discern.
Finally, throughout the book, you will hear reference to particular people that have affected our history. Any reference to people or faiths is fiction. If there is any truth to any of the information, it will be up to you to research and discover. I don’t mean the book to cause discontent among peoples or religions. Please read wisely. A Dangerous Truth is a work of fiction, and I don’t intend it to be a history lesson.
Beyond the historical events mentioned in A Dangerous Truth, you will find the story; the story of a family that struggles to make sense of the madness that continues to interrupt their lives. You will read about the frustration of dealing with the effects of war and the misunderstanding that caused so much discontent. You will experience the pain of love and loss through the eyes of the Stewart family and those close to them. There is a genuine struggle between doing what is right and just surviving.
The final chapter of the book; or Epilogue ties together the tale that begins in unsureness. It summarizes the struggle and pain so many endured while trying to make sense of that which made no sense. I intend the final words of A Dangerous Truth, to bring focus to the human element of war. Take your time as you experience the Vietnam Veterans Memorial through the eyes of those that suffered. See the hope and desire to heal in the words that communicate the human experience of love and loss. Remember, as those affected remember. Learn the lesson that those before us have failed to learn.
I dedicate this book to all who have been affected by the trauma inflicted by war. Both of military and civilian origin. I pray for healing of all those affected by such evil.