Stewart Mitchell’s Reviews > The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government > Status Update

Things have gotten a bit too nutty for my tastes at this point

The “JFK was murdered by the CIA” stuff is not very convincing but is probably the most engaging part of the book.

Lots of good information in here but Talbot isn’t particularly talented at assembling it in a meaningful way. So far this just feels like a series of events with some connection to Allen Dulles - I was expecting more of a history of the early CIA. Hopefully that comes soon.