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Lädt ... The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government (2015)von David Talbot
   Keine Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch.  HundredFlowersBloom | Jan 27, 2023 |   And the historical details abound and are interesting. The last third, though, gets conspiracy-theory-y enough about the Kennedy assassination to make one worried about the facts in the rest of the book. It isn't that there isn't a lot of circumstantial evidence, and it is all presented very thoroughly. It is just that it amounts to 8 chapters of circumstantial evidence about the Kennedy assassination, again, and then another chapter about Bobby Kennedy that asks one to accept that Sirhan Sirhan may have been a product of MK Ultra. The book is still worth reading, mind, if one considers oneself a student of history, and/or realpolitik, though it should be a careful reading, paying close attention to points that have sources, and which are assertions without evidence. The epilogue is aces. (  ) danieljensen | Oct 14, 2022 | It presents a very compelling case for who was responsible for JFK's assassination, albeit Talbot was laboring at times to massage things to get the facts to fit his narrative. But overall as I said, he makes a convincing case. I have become quite fascinated with this topic, and I am eager to read other books on the JFK assassination to compare theories. The audiobook narration by Peter Altschuler is masterful. (  ) usuallee | Oct 7, 2021 | First let me say I enjoyed it and would have given it 4 stars except that in the last few chapters David Talbot in my opinion lost focus and dwelled to deeply into J.F.K. conspiracy theories, this is not about legimacy or lack thereof in his writing about the assassination so much that it distracted from the primary character in Allen Dulles. Beyond this I found this to be a comprehensive accounting of Allen Dulles, and his time in the intelligence service from World War I through the Kennedy administration and his influence on foreign policy even after removed from the post of CIA Director. The book also goes in great detail on the early days of the days of the CIA and its evolution from Harry Truman's intent for it to be primarily an intelligence gathering and analysis clearing house to a black ops and regime changing group. The CIA engaged in the policy of overthrowing of any regime they considered leftist or contrary to the powerful and monied business interests in the U.S. such as U.S. Fruit in Guatemala and the overthrowing of Tge Iranian government and replacing it with the Shah. The assassination of nationalist foreign leaders and the numerous attempts to assassinate Fidel Castro and the ultimate embarrassment culminating in the failed Bay of Pigs Invasion. In balance a good book on the CIA, and the unhealthy synergy between Allen Dulles and the CIA Long with his brother, Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and the story of government unchecked run amok, regardless of its intentions. (  ) dsha67 | Aug 27, 2021 | Finished it. Much about Kennedy since he's the one that finally kicked Allen out on his ass (apparently to no avail since JFK didn't put him in jail or have him executed or get rid of all his cohorts still in the CIA). Fascinating to realize the powers at the time hated Kennedy so, so much more than anything Obama has experienced. Fascinating. An absolute must read. ( )1  tmph | Sep 13, 2020 | keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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Long description: Alle, die sich bisher ©?ber Verschw©œrungstheorien lustig gemacht haben, d©?rften ihre Meinung nach der Lekt©?re dieses Buches ©Þndern. BOSTON GLOBE David Talbort liefert mit seiner packend erz©Þhlten Biografie ©?ber den langj©Þhrigen CIA Direktor Allen Dulles nicht nur einen realen Spionage-Thriller. Sein internationaler Bestseller f©?hrt uns auf die dunkle Seite der Macht und durch ein halbes Jahrhundert amerikanischer Schattenpolitik. Als ?finsterer Prinz des Kalten Krieges ? entwickelte Dulles die CIA vom kleinen Nachrichtendienst zu einer schlagkr©Þftigen Organisation zur weltweiten Durchf©?hrung verdeckter Operationen, Mordpl©Þnen gegen ausl©Þndische Staatsf©?hrer, dem Sturz legitim gew©Þhlter Regierungen im Ausland und der massenhaften ©berwachung der eigenen Staatsb©?rger. Ein be©Þngstigendes Buch, ©?ber Manipulation und Machtmissbrauch, die die Augen ©œffnet.
Quote: In den 50er- und 60er-Jahren betrieben die USA eine geradezu atemberaubend schlichte Geopolitik: Gut gegen B©œse. Mittendrin CIA-Direktor Allen Dulles. Er war Eisenhowers bester Mann. Willi Winkler, S©?ddeutsche Zeitung Nicht nur hervorragend recherchiert und dokumentiert, sondern auch ©?beraus spannend geschrieben. Mathias Br©œckers, broeckers.com Spannend und h©œchst lebendig geschrieben FAZ Talbot l©œst mit seiner Dulles-Biographie ©?berzeugend alle wesentlichen R©Þtsel des Kennedy-Puzzles. Markus Kompa, Telepolis Detail-, Faktenreich und durchgehend spannend erz©Þhlt. Themen der Zeit In seinem Buch beschreibt der US-amerikanische Journalist David Talbot den skrupellosen Lebensweg Allen Dulles ? wie kein anderer. Emran Feroz, Nachdenkseiten Die besten Spionagethriller liefert nicht Hollywood, sondern immer noch die CIA. Auf diesen Punkt l©Þsst sich David Talbots Buch bringen. Neues Deutschland Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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