About the Author

Frances Stonor Saunders is the author of The Devil's Broker and The Woman Who Shot Mussolini. She has worked as the arts editor of the New Statesman; writes and presents for BBC radio; and has written for Areté, The Guardian, Lapham's Quarterly, and the Los Angeles Times. She lives in London.

Reviews

"A tale of intrigue and betrayal, with scene after scene as thrilling as any in a John le Carré novel."
—Chronicle of Higher Education

"A major work of investigative history [and] an extremely valuable contribution to the all-important post-World War II record."
—Edward Said, London Review of Books

"Avoids polemic and fits the fragments of elusive fact into a coherent and persuasive narrative."
—Lewis Lapham, Los Angeles Times Book Review

"Makes clear the sinuous interlocking nature of American governmental, corporate and cultural life . . . consistently fascinating."
—Michael Dirda, The Washington Post Book World