Тайные операции американской разведки в Европе. Легендарный глава ЦРУ о секретном фронте Второй мировой войны

by Allen W. Dulles, Аллен Даллес

Уникальная книга, написанная Алленом Даллесом - американским суперагентом, легендарным шефом ЦРУ. Автор раскрывает малоизвестные факты тайных операций американской разведки на территории Европы. Рассказывает о швейцарской, французской, итальянской разведслужбах, методах информационной и психологической войны. А также приоткрывает завесу над одним из самых напряженных и малоизвестных моментов Второй мировой войны - сепаратными переговорами между союзниками, представителем которых был сам Даллес, и высшими чиновниками фашистской Германии.

Genres: History, Military History, Politics, World War II, War, Espionage, Nonfiction

350 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1966

About the author

American public official Allen Welsh Dulles served from 1953 as director of the Central Intelligence Agency and after the failed invasion of the Bay of Pigs resigned in 1961.

This diplomat and lawyer flourished.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_D...

Reviews

[tbt · Rating 3 out of 5]

Allen Dulles is quite an enjoyable writer and he certainly tells a good story but he seems only marginally more honest than memoirs written by former nazis.

[Charles · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the greatest accomplishments of the Second World War was not achieved on the battlefield, but in a secret negotiations. During the war, Allen Dulles was the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) chief in Switzerland. The OSS was the precursor to the CIA. As a neutral country having borders with Germany and Fascist controlled Italy during the war, it was a place where both sides could move and interact relatively freely.
In the last year of the war as the Allies bloodily moved up the Italian peninsula, it became increasingly clear that Germany was going to be defeated. The questions then took the form of how many would die, how much physical destruction there would be, and which forces would be in control of what territory on the day the war ended.
Dulles and his team were the intermediaries between Allied commanders, the German commanders in northern Italy and the Italian partisan fighters working against the Germans. Through perseverance, determination, great courage on the part of some German commanders and some incredible luck, a surrender in place of the German forces took place May 2, 1945. This action saved a great deal of death and destruction in northern Italy and kept communist forces from taking control of a large section of Italian territory.
This is a fascinating book as Dulles explains all of the conflicting forces in play as German power and control began to wane in Northern Italy. Some of the German commanders took great personal risk in their negotiations, there were genuine threats against their person and members of their families. History is replete with colossal failures of the intelligence communities this was one of the incredible successes.

[J. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gripping. Interesting insights regarding how the Soviet Union influences American military and diplomatic policy. A million Axis troops surrendered at one time, saving thousands of lives, both Allied and Axis.