Edition |
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. |
Description |
xxii, 342 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
Note(S) |
"Simon & Schuster nonfiction original hardcover"--Title page verso. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Summary |
Presents an account of how OSS spymaster Allen Dulles led a network of disenchanted Germans in a plot to assassinate Hitler and end World War II before the invasion of opportunistic Russian forces. |
Contents |
Portal on the Reich -- "I Have Never Believed in Turning Back" -- The "Eternal Plotter" -- "Roosevelt's Emissary" -- Unconditional Surrender -- "Because You're You" -- "A Yankee Doodle-Dandy" -- "Utterly Without Scruples" -- "Imposing Their Brand of Domination" -- Two Bottles of Cointreau -- "Who, Me? Jealous?" -- "There Is Just the Glimmer of a Chance That This Man Is on the Square" -- "You Could Have Peace in Eight Days" -- "I Wouldn't Tell Dulles" -- The Committee for a Free Germany -- "Twenty Percent for Liberation and Eighty Percent for Russia" -- "A High-Tension Power Line" -- "The Qualities of a Genius" -- "Obviously a Plant" -- "Now All Is Lost" -- "I Trembled With Emotion" -- "I Do Not Understand What Our Policy Is" -- "The Soviet Maintains a Steady Flow into the Reich of Constructive Ideas" -- "Aren't They Ready to Act Yet?" -- The Wolf's Lair -- "Communism Is Not What Germany Needs" -- "I Never Saw Them So Completely Downtrodden" -- Reunion with Donovan -- Light Had Gone Out -- "I Felt That the Walls of the Cellar Were About to Collapse Around Me" -- "An Implacable Enemy of Bolshevism" -- "A Common Desire to Know What the Germans Were Planning" -- "Gero, Are You Standing or Sitting?" -- "I Can See How Much You and Allen Care for Each Other" -- "I Was Puzzled About What the Soviets Would Do with This Information" -- "I May Be Crazy" -- "I Cannot Avoid a Feeling of Bitter Resentment Toward Your Informers" -- "This Is the Most Terrible News I've Ever Had" -- "In View of Complications Which Have Arisen with Russians" -- An Overloaded Mercedes-Benz -- "I Will Never Forget What You Have Done for Me" -- "Countless Thousands of Parents Would Bless You" -- The Crown Jewels -- "It Was Three Allies and One Enemy" -- "Most of My Time Is Spent Reliving Those Exciting Days". |
Subject |
Dulles, Allen, 1893-1969.
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United States. Office of Strategic Services -- Biography.
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Subject(S) |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- United States.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Switzerland.
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Espionage, American -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
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Anti-Nazi movement -- Germany.
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Spies -- United States -- Biography.
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Intelligence officers -- United States -- Biography.
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Germany -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945.
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Biographies.
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Added Title |
Agent One Ten |
ISBN |
9781451693386 (hardcover) (alkaline paper) |
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1451693389 (hardcover) (alkaline paper) |
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9781451693393 (paperback) (alkaline paper) |
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1451693397 (paperback) (alkaline paper) |
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