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Synopsis: Few individuals have shaped America's intelligence community and foreign policies as powerfully as Allen Dulles. Presenting previously classified documents and exclusive interviews with eyewitnesses, James Srodes corrects the long-held misconception about this giant on the international political scene.
From Publishers Weekly:
In a conventionally organized but somewhat superficially sourced biography governed by a subtle patriotic tone, Srodes takes a generally approving view of the man who, more than anybody else, defined the mission of the Central Intelligence Agency. The book's organization is strictly chronological, touching on Dulles's prominent (but not wealthy) ancestry before it chronicles his life (1893-1969). A Washington, D.C., journalist, Srodes (Dream Maker: The Rise and Fall of John Z. De Lorean) undertook the Dulles biography at the urging of the spymaster's sister Eleanor, herself a well-known economist and diplomat until her death at age 101. Dulles has received less attention than his more famous brother, John Foster Dulles, secretary of state under President Eisenhower at the same time Allen was forming the CIA. While Dulles's contemporaries took his extramarital escapades, low profile and sense of humor as signs of frivolity, Srodes sees these actions and traits as just the exterior of a complex man. Furthermore, Srodes argues against the conventional wisdom that Dulles was largely a failure because of U.S. policy toward Cuba (especially the Bay of Pigs), Iran, Indonesia and Vietnam. Rather, Srodes presents Dulles as a capable, moral, loyal, persistent man who left the world a better place. Less notable for its insight into policy than into character, the book is distinguished largely by the access Srodes had to previously restricted family papers, access that gave him an advantage over Dulles's two previous biographers, Leonard Mosley and Peter Grose, neither of whom is mentioned in the bibliography.
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Title: Allen Dulles : Master Spy of American ...
Publisher: Regnery Publishing
Publication Date: 1999
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Edition: First edition.
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. G+/VG. A very nice ex library copy. DJ in a mylar cover. Minimal markings. Biography. Seller Inventory # 24002
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Gold titles on off-white hard covers, 624 pages including bibliography and indexplus 6 pages of introductory mterial and 16 pages of photos. Seller Inventory # 018915
Book Description hardcover. Condition: fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. First edition, complete line of . NOT an ex library book. 624 pages including the index. Dust jacket has no chips or tears, price is not clipped. Seller Inventory # 341231
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition, First Printing. (First Edition, First Printing) Book is a clean tight unmarked copy. Seller Inventory # 032016
Book Description tan hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. very fine cond. mint cond. looks new. like new. as new. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first edition. first printing (#1 in # line). 624p. glossy b&w photo illustrations. notes. bibliography. index. biography. american history. world war ii. OSS. CIA. espionage. covert operations. secret societies. ~ "The greatest intelligence who ever lived. " Allen Dulles took American spying from the back alleys of Europe to the forefront of American foreign policy as Director of Central Intelligence under Presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy. His life spanned the American century: from his diplomatic service at America's embassy in Vienna during World War I to his running intelligence operations in the Middle East, Latin America, and Southeast Asia. In Allen Dulles: Master of Spies, bestselling author James Srodes: Explodes the myths spun by Kennedy defenders over what happened at the Bay of Pigs, using recently declassified documents and exclusive interviews with key Kennedy aides Reveals how Dulles plotted to kill Hitler~and how his espionage campaign against the Fuhrer started before World War II Highlights the Dulles family's role in unmasking Alger Hiss as a Soviet spy Explores how Dulles, and his brother, Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, guided American foreign policy during the crisis points of the Cold War Unveils the love affairs, including one that had Dulles choosing to play tennis with a buxom blonde rather than meet Vladimir Lenin just before the Russian Revolution Shows how Dulles made the Central Intelligence Agency the world's premier spy organizationand how his legacy has been squandered. Fifteen years in the making~and written with the full cooperation of the Dulles family and numerous previously untapped sources~Allen Dulles: Master of Spies is more than a tour de force biography, it is the dramatic story of how America became a world power through the life of its premier spy. Seller Inventory # 10062102
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. This book is new and in mint condition. Seller Inventory # ABE-1533485101303
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. DJ in archival cover. with a full number line starting with 1. Seller Inventory # 010746
Book Description Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Washington: Regnery, 1999. First edition, second printing. 8vo. Cloth. 624 p. Index. Bibliography. Black and white photographs. Very minor edgewear to jacket. Fine in near fine jacket in mylar cover. Seller Inventory # 020387