| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
x, 368 pages, [8] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [350]-355. |
| Contents |
Churchill introduces Ike to the ULTRA secret -- Preparing the TORCH -- Lighting the TORCH -- Who murdered the admiral? -- Ike and ULTRA in Africa, Sicily, and Italy -- The secret side of OVERLORD -- D-day and the French resistance -- The Battle of Mortain : ULTRA's greatest triumph -- Ike, Strong, Monty, and the bridge too far -- Ike's intelligence failure at the Bulge -- Eisenhower between SHAEF and the presidency -- The birth and early years of the CIA, 1945-53 -- President Eisenhower and the communist menace -- Iran : the preparation -- Iran : the act -- Guatemala -- Hungary, Vietnam, and Indonesia -- The national intelligence estimates -- The U-2 and Ike's defense policy -- Francis Gary Powers and the summit that never was -- Ike and the CIA's assassination plots -- Ike and the Bay of Pigs -- Ike and his spies. |
| Subject |
Intelligence service -- United States.
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Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1953-1961.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service.
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| Added Author |
Immerman, Richard H.
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| ISBN |
0385144938: $14.95 |
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