The devil's chessboard : Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the rise of America's secret government /

Talbot, David, 1951-

The devil's chessboard : Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the rise of America's secret government / David Talbot. - 686pages 24cm

Describes how the longest-serving director of the CIA befriended the wealthy elite, targeted foreign leaders for assassination, and manipulated American presidents to further his own agenda, and offers new evidence of his involvement in the assassination of JFK.

9780062276162

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Dulles, Allen, 1893-1969.
Dulles, Allen, 1893-1969.


United States. Central Intelligence Agency --Officials and employees--Biography.
United States. Central Intelligence Agency --Officials and employees--Biography.


Spies--United States--Biography.
Intelligence service--History--United States--20th century.
Espionage, American--History--20th century.
Spies--Biography.
Intelligence service--History.--United States
American espionage--History.

E748.D865 / T35 2015

327.12092 B 921 / DULLES