The Foundation of the CIA: Harry Truman, The Missouri Gang, and the Origins of the Cold War,

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Notes

1. Hanson, ‘Rough Riders,’ 32–38.

2. For a more detailed role of U.S. military attachés prior to World War II see Mahnken, Uncovering Ways of War. Mahnken wrote that one of the limitations of relying primarily upon military attachés was the danger of ‘mirror-imaging’, essentially projecting America’s own scientific and military pursuits onto foreign nations.

3. For more information on the OSS in Germany, see Persico, Piercing the Reich; For more information on the Jedburghs, see Beavan, Operation Jedburgh. For more information on Reinhard Gehlen and his organization, see Pahl, Hitler’s Fremde Heere Ost.

4. For example, see Spalding, The First Cold Warrior.