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

by David Talbot

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0062276174
• ISBN13: 9780062276179
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Length: 720 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Monsters

A fine book by David Talbot shedding a little light on one of the leading Fascists of the post war generation, Allen Dulles, who served his country by propping up criminals and ex Nazis and overthrowing democratic leaders all over the World. Talbot shows how Truman and Eisenhower and Congress with the media's help conned the public to enable his sabotage and assassinations of democratically elected leaders in Italy, Iran, Guatemala, Algeria, Ecuador, Congo, Cuba, Dominican Republic, etc.