The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government by Talbot, David

Near Fine hardcover in Near Fine DJ. Bright, clean, square covers and spine; very slightly bumped at fore corners; tightly bound; bright, crisp, clean interior. DJ is bright, clean and complete; faintly scuffed. 8vo, 686 pp; index; illustrated.

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Used - Good. An explosive, headline-making portrait of Allen Dulles, the man who transformed the CIA into the most powerful—and secretive—colossus in Washington, from the founder of Salon.com and author of the New York Times bestseller Brothers.
America’s greatest untold story: the United States’ rise to world dominance under the guile of Allen Welsh Dulles, the longest-serving director of the CIA. Drawing on revelatory new materials—including newly discovered U.S. government documents, U.S. and European intelligence sources, the personal correspondence and journals of Allen Dulles’s wife and mistress, and exclusive interviews with the children of prominent CIA officials—Talbot reveals the underside of one of America’s most powerful and influential figures.
Dulles’s decade as the director of the CIA—which he used to further his public and private agendas—were dark times in American politics. Calling himself “the secretary of state of unfriendly countries,” Dulles saw himself… Read More

First edition/first printing Square spine, crisp pages, no folded page corners. Gift inscription on the front endpage, no other writing or marks. Dust jacket clean with no rips. Not a remainder or book club printing.

HarperCollins, 2015. Hardcover. New. 686 pages. 7.00x5.00x2.00 inches.