Counterspy: Memoirs of a Counterintelligence Officer in World War II and the Cold War Cutler Richard W.
Counterspy: Memoirs of a Counterintelligence Officer in World War II and the Cold War Cutler Richard W. During World War II and the beginning of the Cold War, Richard W. Counterspy offers a rare…
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Counterspy: Memoirs of a Counterintelligence Officer in World War II and the Cold War Cutler Richard W.
During World War II and the beginning of the Cold War, Richard W. Counterspy offers a rare firsthand account of the secret war against Hitler and the postwar competition with the Soviets for German intelligence assets. 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).
Cutler provides an insightful overview of OSS operations during the war and their contribution to the Allies' victory. While with X-2, Cutler analyzed the super-secret Ultra intercepts and vetted agents about to be sent into Nazi Germany. This is also one of the few books to describe the role of the OSS and the SSU in the postwar occupation of Germany.
Cutler's first job after the German surrender was to vet all of Allen Dulles's wartime sources inside Germany, who were aptly nicknamed the Crown