06-07-2016, 01:21 PM
Must say this book is out of most worlds.
Eclectic mix. Stuff on Dulles and the Baron in Russia 1919 that may or may not be new but was newly clarified.
He describes Allen Dulles as more Machiavellian than ANYONE would have imagined and does so without changing fonts. How is this possible, given that most see Allen as pretty darn Machiavellian? Well, imagine Newman and Gleason shooting Indonesian Islands instead of pool in The Hustler. He even has Allen hustling his brother, but he is not the only about the amount of oil and gold in West New Guinea and how Allen/Standard managed to keep this a secret until that one dropped into the Rockefeller corner pockets.
Equally important is the way this book describesAllen Dulles going "around" the State Department formal channels with his own network inside the State Dept to undermine Ambassador Allison (whose later bio was called Allison In Wonderland, in no small part because of Allen Dulles) This CIA round about is described in much greater detail than similar round abouts of CIA e.g. when Colby was in Italy, (rounded about by Angleton and Clare Booth Luce as per Prados). The details about how Allen fed sources to his brother and blocked off Alison's very different descriptions of Sukarno and the Indonesian situation in 56-58 are equally important for the comparative light they shed on Vietnam and how CIA was developing separate diplomatic channels via the State Department. Incredible book. Must get.
Eclectic mix. Stuff on Dulles and the Baron in Russia 1919 that may or may not be new but was newly clarified.
He describes Allen Dulles as more Machiavellian than ANYONE would have imagined and does so without changing fonts. How is this possible, given that most see Allen as pretty darn Machiavellian? Well, imagine Newman and Gleason shooting Indonesian Islands instead of pool in The Hustler. He even has Allen hustling his brother, but he is not the only about the amount of oil and gold in West New Guinea and how Allen/Standard managed to keep this a secret until that one dropped into the Rockefeller corner pockets.
Equally important is the way this book describesAllen Dulles going "around" the State Department formal channels with his own network inside the State Dept to undermine Ambassador Allison (whose later bio was called Allison In Wonderland, in no small part because of Allen Dulles) This CIA round about is described in much greater detail than similar round abouts of CIA e.g. when Colby was in Italy, (rounded about by Angleton and Clare Booth Luce as per Prados). The details about how Allen fed sources to his brother and blocked off Alison's very different descriptions of Sukarno and the Indonesian situation in 56-58 are equally important for the comparative light they shed on Vietnam and how CIA was developing separate diplomatic channels via the State Department. Incredible book. Must get.