The World War II intelligence reports of Allen Dulles from his
Swiss OSS post bordering Nazi Germany.
"Petersen's masterful selections in From Hitler's Doorstep are a distinguished and essential addition to the growing number
of recent books dealing with resistance and intelligence in wartime
Europe. . . . Petersen and the Penn State Press are to be congratulated
on a meticulous, well-produced publication."—H-Net Reviews
"This is a significant contribution to intelligence history and
the history of World War II. Scholars in both fields will welcome
it. There is nothing else like it."—Robin W. Winks, author
of Cloak and Gown: Scholars in the Secret War, 1939-1961
For three years during World War II, future Director of Central
Intelligence Allen Dulles commanded the OSS mission in Bern, Switzerland. From Hitler's Doorstep provides an annotated selection of
his reports to Washington from 1942 to 1945. Dulles was a leading
source of Allied intelligence on Nazi Germany and the occupied nations.
The messages presented in this volume were based on information
received through agents and networks operating in France, Italy,
Austria, Eastern Europe, and Germany itself. They deal with subjects
ranging from enemy troop strength and military plans to political
developments, support of resistance movements, secret weapons, psychological
warfare, and peace feelers. The Dulles reports reveal his own vision
of grand strategy and presage the postwar turmoil in Europe.
One of the largest collections of OSS records ever published, these
telegrams and radiotelephone transmissions from the National Archives
provide an exciting account of the course of the European war, offer
insight on the development of American intelligence, and illuminate
the origins of the Cold War. They will interest diplomatic and military
historians as well as specialists on modern Europe. This volume is
almost unique as document-based intelligence history and serves as
a badly needed bridge between diplomatic history and intelligence
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