Allen Dulles - Master of Spies

Allen Dulles was at the forefront of building a U.S. spy service long before WWII and was the driving force behind the CIA. This marvellously detailed biography of Allen Dulles, one of the few CIA directors who devoted much of his life to intelligence operations, traces much of the history of the United States in the twentieth century through these operations. Dulles's virtues - and weaknesses - are revealed. We are left with a full portrait of an authentic American patriot and statesman...