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The secret surrender/ Allen Dulles.

بواسطة:نوع المادة : نصنصالناشر:London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1967الطبعات:[1st ed.]وصف:268 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations, maps, facsims, portraits ; 23 cmنوع المحتوى:
  • text
نوع الوسائط:
  • unmediated
نوع الناقل:
  • volume
الموضوع:تصنيف مكتبة الكونجرس:
  • D810.S7 D8 1967
ملخص:This is the classic and controversial inside story of Operation Sunrise, which brought about the surrender of a million Nazi and Fascist forces in World War II. Allen Dulles{u2014}who became director of the CIA in 1953{u2014}guided the delicate, top-secret negotiations in Switzerland as an officer of the OSS. Dulles now reveals one of the most successful intelligence operations of our time in an immediate, personal, compelling, and suspenseful narrative. Here he recreates the climate of terror that paralyzed the German top military command and delayed surrender even when all hope of an Axis victory was gone, vividly conveying the hidden antagonisms of important Nazis concerned for their personal safety. He describes the hazards of keeping open the channels of communication with the SS general in Italy who defied Hitler's "scorched earth" command. Finally, he recounts the tension-packed weeks during which Allied support of the surrender plan was secured despite Stalin's plot to wreck the enterprise. The Secret Surrender conveys the breathless excitement of a fictional thriller. But most important, it furnishes valuable, firsthand insight into the end of World War II and{u2014}some have argued{u2014}the beginning of the Cold War.
المقتنيات
نوع المادة المكتبة الحالية رقم الطلب رقم النسخة حالة تاريخ الإستحقاق الباركود
كتاب كتاب UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة D810.S7 D8 1967 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) C.1 Library Use Only | داخل المكتبة فقط 30010000257598

Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-259) and index.

This is the classic and controversial inside story of Operation Sunrise, which brought about the surrender of a million Nazi and Fascist forces in World War II. Allen Dulles{u2014}who became director of the CIA in 1953{u2014}guided the delicate, top-secret negotiations in Switzerland as an officer of the OSS. Dulles now reveals one of the most successful intelligence operations of our time in an immediate, personal, compelling, and suspenseful narrative. Here he recreates the climate of terror that paralyzed the German top military command and delayed surrender even when all hope of an Axis victory was gone, vividly conveying the hidden antagonisms of important Nazis concerned for their personal safety. He describes the hazards of keeping open the channels of communication with the SS general in Italy who defied Hitler's "scorched earth" command. Finally, he recounts the tension-packed weeks during which Allied support of the surrender plan was secured despite Stalin's plot to wreck the enterprise. The Secret Surrender conveys the breathless excitement of a fictional thriller. But most important, it furnishes valuable, firsthand insight into the end of World War II and{u2014}some have argued{u2014}the beginning of the Cold War.

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