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
