Seeds of Fire: China and the Story Behind the Attack on America

by Gordon Thomas

Book Overview

In addition to being a social history which ranges deep behind the hidden face of China, Seeds of Fire is also a narrative which lends numbing credibility to what so far has only been a hint of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1893302547
• ISBN13: 9781893302549
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Dandelion Books
• Length: 523 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

The Secret Mysteries Chronicled in Seeds of Fire

Gordon Thomas's Seeds of Fire is a thorough and frightening expose of Israeli and Communist Chinese intelligence operations against the United States. Thomas documents the role of the Israeli Mossad and LAKAM intelligence agencies in stealing the PROMIS computer software program from Inslaw, Inc., doctoring the program with a backdoor computer microchip, and subsequently employing British media magnate and Mossad asset, Robert Maxwell, to sell the pirated copies to intelligence agencies and commercial banks worldwide, including the Los Alamos National Laboratory and the Communist Chinese CSIS. This operation enabled Israeli and Chinese intelligence to siphon American nuclear secrets from the Los Alamos computers, courtesy of the PROMIS computer software. Establishment Republican figures like Ed Meese and former Texas United States Senator John Tower also play a disturbing role in the PROMIS tragedy, chronicled in detail by Seeds of Fire.Thomas also provides over 300 pages of eyewitness accounts and original documents pertaining to the events at Tiananmen Square in China in June of 1989, with a disturbing analysis of the compromising character of the political and business relationship of key figures in the American corporate and governmental establishment to the Communist Chinese government. He follows this with disquieting information about the links of Communist Chinese intelligence to both Osama bin Laden and the Taliban. This book is to be particularly valued for the reprints of original investigative documents, including the account of the Israeli theft of the PROMIS software by the Inslaw company, redacted FBI documents pertaining to the investigation of Robert Maxwell, original foreign correspondent dispatches from Tiananmen Square in June of 1989, and excerpts from the official CIA document used by CIA Director George Tenet to brief incoming President George W. Bush at the beginning of his current term.The reader will be amazed at the comprehensive information presented by Seeds of Fire, along with the absence of this information in the mainstream American media up to the present time. It is a must buy-and-read.

Thomas Scores Another Direct Hit!

Thomas scores yet another victory in his newest tome. He lays bare, for anyone brave enough for the truth, the real threat China poses to the United States of America. Thomas makes the case that by 2015 we'll be eating more rice, fewer burgers and be driving rickshaws instead of Mercedes and Fords. That is, if the radiation levels are low enough to allow freedom of movement. This is a must read. Clearly, the WTC attack was just the beginning. With China poised to stike, books like this will prepare us for the dark future which lies ahead.

The truth (and Gordon Thomas) shall set you free

As a longtime observer of politics, particularly those of the British, Irish and American varieties, I am fascinated by Gordon Thomas's book, Seeds of Fire, for two reasons. First, through his meticulous research, information sources, and informed sense of how the world works, Thomas has given us a remarkable insider's picture of what goes in in Beijing, Washington, Afghanistan, and other sensitive spots - a picture that one cannot hope to receive from normal perusal of national and global media. Second, one has to ask the question - if we didn't have knowledgeable insiders like Gordon Thomas to give us at least a glimpse of what goes on in governments of democracies (as well as in less tolerant systems), how on earth would we know what our leaders are really doing in our collective name? At least in the United States (and to a lesser extent in Ireland), Freedom of Information Acts provide some purchase on the vast amounts of information that governments and their bureaucracies wish to keep from the public they allegedly serve. In the case of Britain, despite his fine promises, Prime Minister Tony Blair has yet to introduce similar legislation, in spite of being re-elected with another overwhelming majority this year. One has to wonder why.When Thomas's superb reporting of the cataclysmic events in China during the student uprest, and the horrors of Tiananmen Square, are laid beside the CIA briefings on that country up to 2015 (provided for the incoming Bush administration), the reader is invited to come to his or her own conclusions about the future role of China in world affairs - conclusions that could easily interfere with a good night's sleep. And his handling of the manner in which the U.S. Department of Justice, the Israeli spy network, and the infamous Robert Maxwell, all jockeyed for ways of stealing the extraordinary Promis ultra-surveillance software from its authors, equally gives cause for sobering reflection. If that was then, what's going on now? There is nothing simple about Thomas's book, because he deals in complex, and not always fully visible, subject matter. But his handling of the material is such that its clarity of expression allows the interested, alert reader to review and absorb an amount of data as would qualify one for a good university degree in current affairs. If an informed citizenry is essential for the preservation of democracy, then Seeds of Fire should be essential reading for all citizens.

Gordon Thomas's books rock!

.SEEDS OF FIRE, like Gordon Thomas's previous bestsellers, lifts the lid of unelected government - the world of secret intelligence that covertly guides too much of our lives. In its pages are a small library of never-before-published documents that help confirm all this. The book goes to the very core of what should concern each of us: the very real threat to the way we live. And then it goes further. By showing the links between China and bin Laden, it points to massive failure in our own intelligence networks. This is a book that should be sent to every D.C. Congressman and Congresswoman, and to those working in the White House who are not aware of the secrets this book reveals. If there is one book to start off your reading in the New Year, it's SEEDS OF FIRE. Having the information Thomas provides can give concerned readers a way to fight back against those who seek to dominate, erode and subvert our freedoms through highly illegal, covert means and methods.

A brilliant ,accurate analysis of the worlds current crisis

It is with great joy and intellectual curiosity that I unfolded this description of the human drama and crisis that the world currently finds itself in. Gordon Thomas's is in a league of his own when it comes to writing quality and sincere and skilled discovery and display of the truth. It is truth as the old saying goes that sets us free; but it also said that the truth hurts. Both are applicable in this well researched and documented book. The Truth only hurts when it is resisted and it set's us free when it is embraced and acted upon.This book with it's complex intertwining of polital figures and Governments puts a magnifying glass upon those who fear the truth the most. For those that have the courage to look behind the scenes, this book illuminates not only the history of modern conflict, the present players within the conflict and also the inevitable future if this wise advise is not embraced and acted upon.Yes! it's true that this book might be unsettling to those steeped in the comfort zone of denial and complacency, but deal with it we must if we choose to enjoy and celebrate the freedom that is spoken from the loftiest positions.Gordon Thomas is a modern Thomas Paine who exorts us as Paine did so long ago, "These are times that try men's souls---Tyranny like hell is not easily conquered, yet we have this consolation with us, The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: "Tis dearness only that gives everything it's value.. Heaven know how to put a proper price upon it's goods; and it would be strange indeed , if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated."This book should be a must read for all who hunger for the truth to make som sense of the world that we live inRobert J. O'ConnorUnited States Army Veteran --- and Lover of Freedom