Disciples : The World War II Missions of the CIA Directors Who Fought for Wild Bill Donovan (Paperback)

from Darcia

This is a difficult book to rate. I have much respect for the time and research that the author put into writing this book, but the execution was problematic for me. The content is extensive, perhaps too much so for one book. We start with the CIA directors. The first four chapters are early biog...

from bogopea

Informative, well-researched book on the Wild Bill Donovan protegees and their exploits during WWII. Unfortunately, as I was reading this book I listened to a talk by the author on C-span and it colored the rest of the book for me. I did not find him an interesting speaker and he did not have any...

from 1Randal

Excellent! It's amazing how history works. Waller covers the history of the CIA through the stories of four of the men who ran it; Allen Dulles, Bill Casey, Bill Colby and Richard Helms. All were proteges of the founder, Wild Bill Donovan. All had their good points, and their faults. Waller expla...

from 1Randal

Excellent! It's amazing how history works. Waller covers the history of the CIA through the stories of four of the men who ran it; Allen Dulles, Bill Casey, Bill Colby and Richard Helms. All were proteges of the founder, Wild Bill Donovan. All had their good points, and their faults. Waller expla...