Bibliograph

Ike's spies, Eisenhower and the espionage establishment, Stephen E. Ambrose ; with Richard H. Immerman, research associate

Type

Label

Ike's spies, Eisenhower and the espionage establishment, Stephen E. Ambrose ; with Richard H. Immerman, research associate

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [350]-355) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Ike's spies

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

727702784

Responsibility statement

Stephen E. Ambrose ; with Richard H. Immerman, research associate

Sub title

Eisenhower and the espionage establishment

Summary

An account of the transformation of the wartime Office of Strategic Services into the Central Intelligence Agency and the growth of America's intelligence community

Table Of 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

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