Exposing the Third Reich: Colonel Truman Smith in Hitler's Germany (American Warriors Series)

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Synopsis
&“A fascinating book about a virtually unknown officer who played a major role in the development of US military planning before and during World War II&” (Bowling Green Daily News). A vital source of American intelligence on Hitler&’s rise to power and military ambitions, Colonel Truman Smith was one of the most compelling and controversial figures of the Second World War. 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 became an expert on Germany when he was first assigned there during the Allied occupation of 1919. As a military attaché in 1935, he arranged for his good friend Charles Lindbergh to inspect the Luftwaffe. The Germans were starstruck by the famous aviator, enabling Smith to gather key intelligence about their air capability. His deep access and knowledge made him invaluable 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.
Copyright:
2013

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
432 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780813141770
Related ISBNs:
9780813141763
Publisher:
The University Press of Kentucky
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
University Press of Kentucky
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
History, Military, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Politics and Government
Reading Age:
18 and up
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.
Foreword by:
Edward M. Coffman

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