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Ike's Spies: Eisenhower and the Espionage Establishment

av Stephen E. Ambrose

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Biography & Autobiography. History. Military. Nonfiction. HTML:This classic Cold War-era history looks at the way President Dwight Eisenhower managed Americaâ??s secret operations as general and as commander in chief and is based on privileged access to the president and his private papersâ??from bestselling historian Stephen E. Ambrose.
 
During his time in office, Eisenhower projected the image of a genial bureaucrat, but behind that public face, he ran the most efficient espionage establishment in the world, overseeing assassination plots, the growth of the CIA, and the overthrow of governments. This book gives a behind-the-scenes look at some of the most ambitious secret operations in American history, including the 1954 overthrow of  Jacobo Arbenz Guzmánâ??s government of Guatemala; Operation AJAX, which toppled Iranâ??s Mossadegh; and the U-2 flights over Russia. Some of Ikeâ??s most conspicuous intelligence missteps are also discussed, including the failure to predict the German attack during the Battle of the Bulge and the tragic encouragement of freedom fighters in Hungary, Indonesia, and Cuba. Ikeâ??s Spies is indispensible to anyone interested in the development of Americaâ??s C
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Fascinating historical account of Ike's use of intelligence and espionage as General during WWII and as President. Focus is on WWII where Churchill introduces Ike to espionage, and on the Cold War where intelligence & espionage were used successfully and not so... as in attempted Castro assassinations and ultimately the Bay of Pigs. Ike didn't invent espionage, but became a brilliant master -- a supreme commander -- at using intelligence and creating effective intelligence organizations. All the big successes and huge blundering miscalculations are discussed. ( )
  econtom | Oct 22, 2013 |
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Biography & Autobiography. History. Military. Nonfiction. HTML:This classic Cold War-era history looks at the way President Dwight Eisenhower managed Americaâ??s secret operations as general and as commander in chief and is based on privileged access to the president and his private papersâ??from bestselling historian Stephen E. Ambrose.
 
During his time in office, Eisenhower projected the image of a genial bureaucrat, but behind that public face, he ran the most efficient espionage establishment in the world, overseeing assassination plots, the growth of the CIA, and the overthrow of governments. This book gives a behind-the-scenes look at some of the most ambitious secret operations in American history, including the 1954 overthrow of  Jacobo Arbenz Guzmánâ??s government of Guatemala; Operation AJAX, which toppled Iranâ??s Mossadegh; and the U-2 flights over Russia. Some of Ikeâ??s most conspicuous intelligence missteps are also discussed, including the failure to predict the German attack during the Battle of the Bulge and the tragic encouragement of freedom fighters in Hungary, Indonesia, and Cuba. Ikeâ??s Spies is indispensible to anyone interested in the development of Americaâ??s C

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