Exposing the Third Reich [electronic resource] : Colonel Truman Smith in Hitler's Germany /
Gole, Henry G.,1933-
Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky,
2013.
An American aristocrat from a prominent New England family, Truman Smith was first assigned to Germany in 1919 and soon became known as a regional expert. During his second spell in the country as a military attaché in 1935, he arranged for his friend Charles Lindbergh to inspect the Luftwaffe, enabling Smith to gather key intelligence about the German air capability. His savvy cultivation of relationships rendered him invaluable throughout his service, but his friendliness with Germany also aroused suspicion that he was a Nazi sympathizer. Gole demonstrates that in fact Smith predicted many of the Nazis' moves years in advance.
Electronic reproduction.
Front cover; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1. Patrician Heritage; 2. Over There; 3. Deutschland and Yearning; 4. Civil Affairs and Romance on the Rhine; 5. Berlin, Munich, and Hitler in Weimar Germany; 6. Years of Preparation; 7. Marshall's Men; 8. Army War College and Command; 9. Hitler Takes Power; 10. Hitler's Germany; 11. Kay, Germany, and Ambassador Dodd; 12. Hitler Arms, Smith Reports; 13. Smith's Trojan Horse; 14. The Lindbergh-Smith Friendship; 15. Hitler Is Ready; 16. Welcome Home; 17. Smith as Strategicus; 18. Wartime Washington ; 19. The Road to German Rearmament; 20. Politics, Travel, and Writing; 21. Retrospective and a Graceful Exit; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; Appendix D; Appendix E; Appendix F; Appendix G; Appendix H; Appendix I; Appendix J; Appendix K; A Note on Sources; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
An American aristocrat from a prominent New England family, Truman Smith was first assigned to Germany in 1919 and soon became known as a regional expert. During his second spell in the country as a military attaché in 1935, he arranged for his friend Charles Lindbergh to inspect the Luftwaffe, enabling Smith to gather key intelligence about the German air capability. His savvy cultivation of relationships rendered him invaluable throughout his service, but his friendliness with Germany also aroused suspicion that he was a Nazi sympathizer. Gole demonstrates that in fact Smith predicted many of the Nazis' moves years in advance.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-393) and index.
Description based on print version record.
Smith, Truman, 1893-1970.
United States. Army
Military attaches