{"product_id":"reinhard-gehlen-hitlers-spymaster-9781036113254","title":"Reinhard Gehlen Hitlers Spymaster","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEleven years after Reinhard Gehlen, the head of Adolf Hitler's Eastern Front military intelligence unit, emerged from hiding to hand himself over to US forces, he had, with the help of the American CIA, created a legend for himself as founder and first president of the West German Secret Service. In this role he employed many of the same Wehrmacht and SS officers he had served with during the Second World War.   All through the steady progression of his career before and during the Second World War, Gehlen had been far too industrious and committed to court the limelight. Then after the defeat of Germany, when he transferred his allegiance to the CIA and later became head of the Bundesnachrichtendienst, he became a man whom Hugh Trevor Roper's described as someone who always moved in the shadows'.   For some, the German intelligence network that Gehlen had controlled since 1942, was part of an unbroken tradition going back to the days of Bismarck. For a great many in Gehlen's organisat","brand":"Pen \u0026 Sword Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019349655895,"sku":"9781036113254","price":21.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781036113254.jpg?v=1750779981","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/reinhard-gehlen-hitlers-spymaster-9781036113254","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}