We Caught Spies

Counter Intelligence the author says is the art of catching spies, and he proceeds to tell us how the American Army did it, beginning from scratch but winding up more than a match for the dreaded Gestapo. He tells of encounters with Vichy agents in Africa, the death of Darlan, of adventures in Naples, Marseilles, Belgium and Bremen and concludes with the authentic story of the capture and not very strange death of Heinrich Himmler. Along the way, he reveals inside stories of the Ardennes assassination plot aimed at Eisenhower, of the CIC's pursuit of the much advertised German underground Werewolf of the weaknesses of women as spies, and of the Gestapo agent who rescued Mussolini. His is a narrative filled with fascinating but true adventures in which the stakes were always as high as - life or death.In his introduction, the former CIC officer points out that the agents of the CIC were among the men least appreciated in the war. But now that his dramatic and outspoken story is told, the secret lighters of the CIC are bound to find appreciation and applause. Their record as set down here is one that every American can read with a thrill and with pride.