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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté. Image fixe : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Gole, Henry G. (1933-....)
Titre(s) : Exposing the Third Reich [Texte imprimé] : Colonel Truman Smith in Hitler's Germany / Henry G. Gole ; foreword by Edward M. Coffman
Publication : Lexington (Ky.) : University Press of Kentucky, cop. 2013
Description matérielle : xiv, 415 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Collection : American warriors
Lien à la collection : American warriors
Comprend : Patrician heritage ; Over there ; Deutschland and yearning ; Civil affairs and
romance on the rhine ; Berlin, Munich and Hitler in Weimar Germany ; Years of preparation
; Marshall's men ; Army war college and command ; Hitler takes power ; Hitler's
Germany ; Kay, Germany, and Ambassador Dodd ; Hitler arms, Smith reports ; Smith's
trojan horse ; The Lindbergh-Smith friendship ; Hitler is ready ; Welcome home
; Smith as "strategicus" ; Wartime Washington ; The road to German rearmament ;
Politics, travel, and writing ; Retrospective and a graceful exit.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-393) and index
"As World War II recedes from living memory, there remain untold stories of important
behind-the-scenes operatives who provided vital support to the leaders celebrated
in historical accounts. Colonel Truman Smith is one of the most compelling figures
from this period, but there has never been a biography of this important and controversial
man. In Exposing the Third Reich, Henry G. Gole tells this soldier's story for the
first time. An American aristocrat from a prominent New England family, Smith was
first assigned to Germany in 1919 during the Allied occupation and soon became known
as a regional expert. During his second assignment in the country as a military attaché
in 1935, he arranged for his good friend Charles Lindbergh to inspect the Luftwaffe.
The Germans were delighted to have the famous aviator view their planes, enabling
Smith to gather key intelligence about their air capability. His savvy cultivation
of relationships rendered him invaluable throughout his service, particularly as an
aide to General George C. Marshall; however, the colonel's friendliness with Germany
also aroused suspicion that he was a Nazi sympathizer. Gole demonstrates that, far
from condoning Hitler, Smith was among the first to raise the alarm: he predicted
many of the Nazis' moves years in advance and feared that the international community
would not act quickly enough. Featuring many firsthand observations of the critical
changes in Germany between the world wars, this biography presents an indispensable
look both at a fascinating figure and at the nuances of the interwar years."--Publisher's
website
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Coffman, Edward M. (1929-....). Préfacier
Sujet(s) : Smith, Truman (1893-1970)
Attachés militaires -- États-Unis
Genre ou forme : Biographie
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780813141763 (hardcover) (acid-free paper). - ISBN 0813141761 (hardcover) (acid-free
paper). - ISBN 9780813141770 (erroné) (epub). - ISBN 9780813141787 (erroné) (pdf).
- ISBN 081314177X (epub). - ISBN 9780813141770 (epub). - ISBN 0813141788 (pdf). -
ISBN 9780813141787 (pdf)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb436185849
Notice n° :
FRBNF43618584
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