Welcome to the debut episode of Provocative Politics! If you want to understand the modern web of American intelligence, government corruption, and interventionist foreign policy, you have to start at the root—and that root has a name: Allen Dulles.

Join your host, A The Provocateur, as we dive deep into the mind and legacy of the CIA's first civilian director. From meeting Hitler in 1933 and moving Nazi wealth to orchestrating foreign coups and battling President John F. Kennedy, Dulles wasn't just a player in American history—he was one of its most cold, calculating architects.

Sources:

Talbot, D. (2015). The Devil’s Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the rise of America’s secret government. Harper Perennial.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0062276174lv=shuf&channelId=500&plpRedirect=mhFallback

Silly CIA response to the book (as described by any too close to the truth publication mentioned in the book)

https://www.cia.gov/resources/csi/static/review-the-devils-chessboard.pdf

CIAwikipedia entry on Dulles:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_Dulles

Book about Allen and Foster Dulles:

Kinzer, S. (2013). The Brothers: John Foster Dulles, Allen Dulles, and Their Secret World War: John Foster Dulles, Allen Dulles, and Their Secret World War. Times Books.

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