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The Devil's Chessboard Lib/E: Allen Dulles, the Cia, and the Rise of America's Secret Government

The Devil's Chessboard Lib/E: Allen Dulles, the Cia, and the Rise of America's Secret Government


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An explosive, headline-making portrait of Allen Dulles, the man who transformed the CIA into the most powerful--and secretive--colossus in Washington, from the founder of Salon.com and author of the New York Times bestseller Brothers. 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. Dulles's decade as the director of the CIA--which he used to further his public and private agendas--were dark times in American politics. Calling himself "the secretary of state of unfriendly countries," Dulles saw himself as above the elected law, manipulating and subverting American presidents in the pursuit of his personal interests and those of the wealthy elite he counted as his friends and clients--colluding with Nazi-controlled cartels, German war criminals, and Mafiosi in the process. Targeting foreign leaders for assassination and overthrowing nationalist governments not in line with his political aims, Dulles employed those same tactics to further his goals at home, Talbot charges, offering shocking new evidence in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. An exposé of American power that is as disturbing as it is timely, The Devil's Chessboard is a provocative and gripping story of the rise of the national security state--and the battle for America's soul.

About the Author :
David Talbot is the author of the New York Times bestseller Brothers: The Hidden History of the Kennedy Years and the acclaimed national bestseller Season of the Witch: Enchantment, Terror, and Deliverance in the City of Love. He is the founder and former editor in chief of Salon, and was a senior editor at Mother Jones and the features editor at the San Francisco Examiner. He has written for The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, Time, The Guardian, and other major publications. Talbot lives in San Francisco, California. Peter Altschuler is an actor as well as a voice-over artist. His voice can be heard in commercials for Mercedes Benz, on the Nickelodeon show Addictive Games, and as the narrator of audiobooks, including several that earned him the AudioFile Earphones Award.

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"[Dulles was] a Cold War villain of realpolitik whose successes and blunders were unrivaled." -- "New York Magazine" "A damning biography―of the CIA's longest standing director―and an exposé of American politics." -- "Daily Beast" "A fast-moving account...Readers who enjoy espionage's dark history will have a tough time putting this book down." -- "Library Journal" "A frightening biography of power, manipulation, and outright treason...The blatant manipulative activities of the Dulles brothers will shock most readers." -- "Kirkus Reviews (starred review)" "Reads like part Cold War history and part Tom Clancy novel...Readers will be glad these men are gone, even as they drink up every word written about them. And some will wonder if others have quietly taken their place." -- "Amazon.com" "Those who scoff at conspiracy theories might have a change of mind after reading this book." -- "Boston Globe"


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781504645690
  • Publisher: HarperCollins
  • Publisher Imprint: HarperCollins
  • Edition: Unabridged edition
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 51 mm
  • Weight: 544 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1504645693
  • Publisher Date: 13 Oct 2015
  • Binding: CD-Audio
  • Height: 155 mm
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Allen Dulles, the Cia, and the Rise of America's Secret Government
  • Width: 178 mm


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