Agent 110
Subtitle: an American spymaster and the German resistance in WWII
By: Scott Miller
Edition: Large print edition.
Series: Thorndike Press large print popular and narrative nonfiction; Thorndike Press large print popular and narrative nonfiction
Publisher: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 591
ISBN-13: 9781410498632
Subjects: Politics and government; Anti-Nazi movement; Intelligence officers; American Espionage; Spies; United States; Secret service; World War, 1939-1945; Large type books; United States. Office of Strategic Services; Biography; History
Other titles: Agent One Ten
Description: Miller brings to life a pivotal period of world history with a suspenseful account of how OSS spymaster Allen Dulles led a network of Germans conspiring to assassinate Hitler and negotiate surrender to bring about the end of World War II before the Soviet's advance.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 501-585).
Table of contents: title: Portal on the Reich; title: "I have never believed in turning back"; title: The "eternal plotter"; title: "Roosevelt's emissary"; title: Unconditional surrender; title: "Because you're you"; title: "A Yankee Doodle-Dandy"; title: "Utterly without scruples"; title: "Imposing their brand of domination"; title: Two bottles of Cointreau; title: "Who, me? Jealous?"; title: "There is just the glimmer of a chance that this man is on the square"; title: "You could have peace in eight days"; title: "I wouldn't tell Dulles"; title: The Committee for a Free Germany; title: "Twenty percent for liberation and eighty percent for Russia"; title: "A high-tension power line"; title: "The qualities of a genius"; title: "Obviously a plant"; title: "Now all is lost"; title: "I trembled with emotion"; title: "I do not understand what our policy is"; title: "The Soviet maintains a steady flow into the Reich of constructive ideas"; title: "Aren't they ready to act yet?"; title: The wolf's lair; title: "Communism is not what Germany needs"; title: "I never saw them so completely downtrodden"; title: Reunion with Donovan; title: Light had gone out; title: "I felt that the walls of the cellar were about to collapse around me"; title: "An implacable enemy of Bolshevism"; title: "A common desire to know what the Germans were planning"; title: "Gero, are you standing or sitting?"; title: "I can see how much you and Allen care for each other"; title: "I was puzzled about what the Soviets would do with this information"; title: "I may be crazy"; title: "I cannot avoid a feeling of bitter resentment toward your informers"; title: "This is the most terrible news I've ever had"; title: "In view of complications which have arisen with Russians"; title: An overloaded Mercedes-Benz; title: "I will never forget what you have done for me"; title: "Countless thousands of parents would bless you"; title: The crown jewels; title: "It was three allies and one enemy"; title: "Most of my time is spent reliving those exciting days".