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A review by kathryne
The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government by David Talbot
dark
informative
mysterious
medium-paced
2.0
Interesting, but not interesting enough to justify being 600 pages. The concept was fine but I wish it had been executed very differently.
Felt like it kinda fell apart when it got to the Kennedy assassination.
Was it necessary to give a mini-bio of 100+ minor characters? It felt like that ultimately made each anecdote unnecessarily confusing because each one introduced another couple names.
Felt like it kinda fell apart when it got to the Kennedy assassination.
Was it necessary to give a mini-bio of 100+ minor characters? It felt like that ultimately made each anecdote unnecessarily confusing because each one introduced another couple names.
Moderate: Death, War, Murder, Violence, and Medical trauma
Minor: Torture and Forced institutionalization