The Devil's Chessboard Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government

Yes. Alan Dulles, looking into the CIA, I read this book, Chaos, that then led me to The Devil's Chessboard. It's actually on our list for books to read for the book club.

Even after reading The Devil's Chessboard. Like, you read that and you go like, and that's not about Democrats. And that's not about Republicans.

De Gaulle was convinced that the coup was supported by the Alan Dulles led CIA and the French press was filled with leaks alleging this secret involvement.

Kennedy was not in control of his own government.

quote, the giant company whose operations sprawled throughout the Caribbean ran Guatemala less like a banana republic than a banana colony United Fruit not only owned huge plantations but almost every mile of railroad track in the country the only major Atlantic port and the telephone system in the capital rulers came and went at the whim of the company

quote, They viewed the project as possessing an extremely grave implications, carrying with it the probability of plunging Italy into a bloody civil war and seriously hazarding the start of World War three.

quote, Iran was confronted with a maturing revolutionary setup dullest warned and if the country fell into communist hands 60 of the free world's oil would be controlled by moscow oil and gasoline would have to be rationed at home and u.s military operations would have to be curtailed

quote, joan has disturbing memories of visiting her brother at a new york hospital where he was subjected to excruciating insulin shock therapy one of the experimental procedures employed on the cia's human guinea pigs used primarily for the treatment of schizophrenia insulin doses were meant to jolt patients out of their madness the procedure resulted in coma and sometimes violent convulsions the most severe risks included death and brain damage

All were gregarious intrigued by possibilities liked to do things had three bright ideas a day shared the optimism of stock market plungers and were convinced that every problem had its handle and that the cia should find a way to reach it the intelligence historian thomas powers has written they also tended to be white anglo-saxon patricians from old families with old money at least at the beginning and they somehow inherited traditional british attitudes towards the colored races of the world not the puka sahib arrogance of the indian raj but the mixed fascination and condescension of men like te lawrence who were enthusiastic partisans of the alien cultures into which they dipped for a time and rarely doubted their ability to help until it was too late

I'm going to quote from the devil's chessboard by David Talbot here.

One day, the young American diplomat was given a copy of the protocols of the elders of Zion by a British reporter who had fished the scurrilous document out of a secondhand bookstore in Istanbul's old European quarter.

The protocols purported to offer a secret plan for Jewish world domination and included tales about Christian children being sacrificed for Passover feast rituals and other lurid fantasies.

In 1932, as Hitler began his takeover of the German government, Foster visited three Jewish friends, all prominent bankers in their Berlin office.

In the final months of the conflict, the men collaborated against a Roosevelt operation called Project Safe Haven that sought to track down and confiscate Nazi assets that were stashed in neutral countries.

Alan loomed large in her life. She attached herself to him at an early age, but she learned to be wary of his sudden explosive mood shifts. Most people saw only Alan's charm and conviviality, but Eleanor was sometimes the target of his inexplicable eruptions of fury.

slow to feel the distress of others.

De Gaulle was convinced that the coup was supported by the Alan Dulles led CIA and the French press was filled with leaks alleging this secret involvement. But Kennedy took pains to assure De Gaulle that he did not back the coup and in fact he offered to defend the embattled French government with US military firepower. De Gaulle acknowledged that JFK himself was not behind the French officers rebellion but the incident made it clear to both leaders something equally ominous. Kennedy was not in control of his own government.

quote the giant company whose operations sprawled throughout the Caribbean ran Guatemala less like a banana republic than a banana colony United Fruit not only owned huge plantations but almost every mile of railroad track in the country the only major Atlantic port and the telephone system in the capital rulers came and went at the whim of the company

quote Iran was confronted with a maturing revolutionary setup dullest warned and if the country fell into communist hands 60 of the free world's oil would be controlled by moscow oil and gasoline would have to be rationed at home and U.S military operations would have to be curtailed

quote joan has disturbing memories of visiting her brother at a new york hospital where he was subjected to excruciating insulin shock therapy one of the experimental procedures employed on the CIA's human guinea pigs used primarily for the treatment of schizophrenia insulin doses were meant to jolt patients out of their madness the procedure resulted in coma and sometimes violent convulsions the most severe risks included death and brain damage the one study at the time claimed that this mental impairment was actually beneficial because it reduced patients tension and hostility

quote when they filed into the east wing theater for their guatemala slideshow the pb success team was at the height of its glory the room was filled with the administration's top dignitaries including the president himself his cabinet and the vice president afterward eisenhower ever the soldier asked dulles how many men he had lost just one dulles told him incredible exclaimed the president

I'm going to quote from the devil's chessboard by David Talbot here.

In 1932, as Hitler began his takeover of the German government, Foster visited three Jewish friends, all prominent bankers in their Berlin office.

Later, he backdated the announcement, the announcement that they'd cut their ties with the Nazis by a year to make it appear that the firm had closed its German offices in 1934 rather than 35.

Working with shocked Foster helped the National Socialist state find rich sources of financing in the United States for its public agencies, banks and industries.

in the final months of the conflict, the men collaborated against a Roosevelt operation called Project Safe Haven that sought to track down and confiscate Nazi assets that were stashed in neutral countries.

Alan loomed large in her life. She attached herself to him at an early age, but she learned to be wary of his sudden explosive mood shifts.

slow to feel the distress of others.

quote the giant company whose operations sprawled throughout the Caribbean ran Guatemala less like a banana republic than a banana colony United Fruit not only owned huge plantations but almost every mile of railroad track in the country the only major Atlantic port and the telephone system in the capital rulers came and went at the whim of the company

They viewed the project as possessing an extremely grave implications, carrying with it the probability of plunging Italy into a bloody civil war and seriously hazarding the start of World War three.

When they filed into the east wing theater for their Guatemala slideshow the PB success team was at the height of its glory the room was filled with the administration's top dignitaries including the president himself his cabinet and the vice president

Iran was confronted with a maturing revolutionary setup Dulles warned and if the country fell into communist hands 60 of the free world's oil would be controlled by Moscow oil and gasoline would have to be rationed at home and US military operations would have to be curtailed in truth

Joan has disturbing memories of visiting her brother at a New York hospital where he was subjected to excruciating insulin shock therapy one of the experimental procedures employed on the CIA's human guinea pigs used primarily for the treatment of schizophrenia insulin doses were meant to jolt patients out of their madness the procedure resulted in coma and sometimes violent convulsions the most severe risks included death and brain damage

One day, the young American diplomat was given a copy of the protocols of the elders of Zion by a British reporter who had fished the scurrilous document out of a secondhand bookstore in Istanbul's old European quarter.

In 1932, as Hitler began his takeover of the German government, Foster visited three Jewish friends, all prominent bankers in their Berlin office.

In the final months of the conflict, the men collaborated against a Roosevelt operation called Project Safe Haven that sought to track down and confiscate Nazi assets that were stashed in neutral countries.

Some of Foster's legal origami allowed the Nazi regime to create bottlenecks in the production of essential war materials such as diesel fuel injection motors that the US military needed for trucks, submarines and airplanes.

Alan loomed large in her life. She attached herself to him at an early age, but she learned to be wary of his sudden explosive mood shifts. Most people saw only Alan's charm and conviviality, but Eleanor was sometimes the target of his inexplicable eruptions of fury.

Later in life, Eleanor simply took herself quote out of his orbit to avoid the stress and furor that he stirred in me.

throughout his life, Alan Dulles was notably, quote, slow to feel the distress of others.

I mean devil's chest board by David Talbot a lot of that is like new reporting that but came out what in 2019 I mean I've got a couple years ago.

He's an historian named David Talbot.

He wrote a book about the assassinations as well called about CIA involvement in the assassination called brothers.

He's written some really good articles about, um, about the CIA control of, uh, you know, a whole nother group of journals.

He was the founder of salon actually.

The publications all the Shah's men by Stephen Kinzer the brothers by Stephen Kinzer the devil's chessboard by David Talbot

The devil's chessboard by David Talbot