Preferred Shelf Number:
940.54 WALLER, D.
First Title value, for Searching:
Disciples : the World War II missions of the CIA directors who fought for wild Bill Donovan: Allen Dulles, Richard Helms, William Colby, William Casey
First Author value, for Searching:
Waller, Douglas C., author.
ISBN:
9781451693720
Personal Author:
Edition:
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Description:
xvi, 566 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Contents:
PART ONE: PREPARATION -- 1. Allen Welsh Dulles -- 2. William Joseph Casey -- 3. Richard McGarrah Helms -- 4. William Egan Colby -- 5. War Clouds -- PART TWO: WORLD WAR II -- 6. Washington -- 7. Jedburgh -- 8. Tradecraft -- 9. Switzerland -- 10. London -- 11. Milton Hall -- 12. D-Day -- 13. France -- 14. Breakers -- 15. Valkyrie -- 16. The Yonne Department -- 17. Fortress Germany -- 18. Norway -- 19. Assignment Europe -- 20. Casey's Spies -- 21. To Germany -- 22. Sunrise -- 23. Flight of the Rype -- 24. Victory -- PART THREE: COLD WAR. 25. Home -- 26. Berlin -- 27. The Directors -- Epilogue.
Abstract:
They are the most famous and controversial directors the CIA has ever had--Allen Dulles, Richard Helms, William Colby, and William Casey. Disciples is the story of these dynamic agents and their daring espionage and sabotage in wartime Europe under OSS Director Bill Donovan.
