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Counterspy : memoirs of a counterintelligence officer in World War II and the Cold War / Richard W. Cutler ; foreword by Joseph E. Persico.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Washington, D.C. : Brassey's, ©2004.Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (xxi, 173 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781612342894
  • 1612342892
  • 1336096985
  • 9781336096981
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Counterspy.DDC classification:
  • 940.54/8673/092 22
LOC classification:
  • D810.S8 C883 2004eb
Online resources:
Contents:
A big surprise -- Welcome to OSS -- Enigma, and double cross -- Counterespionage rookie -- London at war -- American spies in Germany -- Clearing agents before the Rhine crossing -- Victory in Europe -- Life in occupied Germany -- AmericaÆs challenge in Germany -- German evasiveness on Hitler -- Wartorn continent and Berlin -- Counterespionage case officer -- A narrow escape -- Joe House -- Plumbing the Russian mind -- Civilian status -- The Nuremberg trial -- Flying high -- Hooked on espionage.
Summary: During World War II and the beginning of the Cold War, Richard W. Cutler was an officer with the elite X-2 counterintelligence branch of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) and with its successor, the Strategic Services Unit (SSU). Counterspy offers a rare firsthand account of the secret war against Hitler and the postwar competition with the Soviets for German intelligence assets. While with X-2, Cutler analyzed the super-secret Ultra intercepts and vetted agents about to be sent into Nazi Germany. Cutler provides an insightful overview of OSS operations during the war and their contributio.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-165) and index.

A big surprise -- Welcome to OSS -- Enigma, and double cross -- Counterespionage rookie -- London at war -- American spies in Germany -- Clearing agents before the Rhine crossing -- Victory in Europe -- Life in occupied Germany -- AmericaÆs challenge in Germany -- German evasiveness on Hitler -- Wartorn continent and Berlin -- Counterespionage case officer -- A narrow escape -- Joe House -- Plumbing the Russian mind -- Civilian status -- The Nuremberg trial -- Flying high -- Hooked on espionage.

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During World War II and the beginning of the Cold War, Richard W. Cutler was an officer with the elite X-2 counterintelligence branch of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) and with its successor, the Strategic Services Unit (SSU). Counterspy offers a rare firsthand account of the secret war against Hitler and the postwar competition with the Soviets for German intelligence assets. While with X-2, Cutler analyzed the super-secret Ultra intercepts and vetted agents about to be sent into Nazi Germany. Cutler provides an insightful overview of OSS operations during the war and their contributio.

English.

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