The Craft of Intelligence, Allen W. Dulles
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The Craft of Intelligence
America's Legendary Spy Master on the Fundamentals of Intelligence Gathering for a Free World

Author: Allen W. Dulles

Narrator: L.J. Ganser

Unabridged: 11 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/28/2017


Synopsis

If the experts could point to any single book as a starting point for understanding the subject of intelligence from the late twentieth century to today, that single book would be Allen W. Dulles's The Craft of Intelligence. This classic of spycraft is based on Allen Dulles's incomparable experience as a diplomat, international lawyer, and America's premier intelligence officer. Dulles was a high-ranking officer of the CIA's predecessor—the Office of Strategic Services—and was present at the inception of the CIA, where he served eight of his ten years there as director. Here he sums up what he learned about intelligence from nearly a half-century of experience in foreign affairs. In World War II his OSS agents penetrated the German Foreign Office, worked with the anti-Nazi underground resistance, and established contacts that brought about the Nazi military surrender in North Italy. Under his direction the CIA developed both a dedicated corps of specialists and a whole range of new intelligence devices, from the U-2 high-altitude photographic plane to minute electronic listening and transmitting equipment.

Author Bio

Allen W. Dulles, one of the most important figures in the history of American intelligence, served under eight US presidents, from Woodrow Wilson to John F. Kennedy. He served presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy as director of the Central Intelligence Agency from 1953 to 1961. When he died in 1969, President Nixon remarked, ". . . in the nature of his task, his achievements were known to only a few."

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