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This classic of spy craft is based on Allen Dulles's incomparable experience as a diplomat, international lawyer, and America's premier intelligence officer. Dulles was a high-ranking officer of the CIA's predecessor-the Office of Strategic Services-and was present at the inception of the CIA, where he served eight of his ten years there as director. Here he sums up what he learned about intelligence from nearly a half-century of experience in foreign affairs. In World War II his OSS agents penetrated the German Foreign Office, worked with the anti-Nazi underground resistance, and established contacts that brought about the Nazi military surrender in North Italy. Under his direction the CIA developed both a dedicated corps of specialists and a whole range of new intelligence devices, from the U-2 high-altitude photographic plane to minute electronic listening and transmitting equipment. Dulles reveals much about how intelligence is collected and processed, and how the resulting estimates contribute to the formation of national policy. He discusses methods of surveillance, and the usefulness of defectors from hostile nations.

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Well organized, informative . . . When he talks about the CIA, its Russian counterparts, and specific examples of fiascoes and coups, the reader will certainly snap to attention. --The New Yorker <br> The Craft of Intelligence is one of the most fascinating books of our time. --Washington Post <br> Brilliantly selective candor. --The New York Times <br>

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Allen Dulles served under eight U.S. presidents from Woodrow Wilson to John F. Kennedy. He served Presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency from 1953 to 1961. When he died in 1969, President Nixon remarked, ""in the nature of his task, his achievements were known to only a few.""

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