The devil's chessboard : Allen Dulles, the CIA and the rise of America's secret government
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The devil's chessboard : Allen Dulles, the CIA and the rise of America's secret government
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9780062437716
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Unabridged retail edition.
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20 audio discs (25 1/2 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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Title from container.
Compact discs.
Contents:
The double agent -- Human smoke -- Ghosts of Nuremberg -- Sunrise -- Ratlines -- Useful people -- Little mice -- Scoundrel time -- The power elite -- The Dulles imperium -- Strange love -- Brain warfare -- Dangerous ideas -- The torch is passed -- Contempt -- Rome on the Potomac -- The parting glass -- The big event -- The fingerprints -- For the good of the country -- "I can't look and won't look" -- End game -- Epilogue.
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Summary:
America's greatest untold story: the United States' rise to world dominance under the guile of Allen Welsh Dulles, the longest-serving director of the CIA. Drawing on revelatory new materials--including newly discovered U.S. government documents, U.S. and European intelligence sources, the personal correspondence and journals of Allen Dulles's wife and mistress, and exclusive interviews with the children of prominent CIA officials,Talbot reveals the underside of one of America's most powerful and influential figures.
