Gehlen Organization and the Nazis

This book uncovers the extent to which the Gehlen Organization, the intelligence organization created by the United States at the end of World War Two, recruited and used controversial individuals who had been heavily involved in the atrocities committed by the Nazis.

List of contents

Introduction 1. German Military Intelligence and Fremde Heere Ost 2. The Secret War in the East 3. The Post-War Trials and the Search for New Allies 4. Reinhard Gehlen and the Gehlen Organization 5. Army Officers and Military Experts 6. Intelligence and Security Officials 7. A Pact with the Devil: The Hiring of Nazis
8. Gehlen and the U.S. Liaison Staff 9. The Central Intelligence Agency and the Use of Nazis 10. Nazis and Escape Routes Conclusion

About the author

Badis Ben Redjeb is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences of Tunis, University of Tunis, Tunisia.

Product details

• Authors: Badis Ben Redjeb, Badis (Higher Institute of Applied Stu Ben Redjeb
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 14.08.2025
• EAN: 9780367721183
• ISBN: 978-0-367-72118-3
• No. of pages: 258
• Series: Routledge Studies in Fascism and the Far Right
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Ethnic Studies, Sociology, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, General & world history, Colonialism & imperialism, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Fascism & Nazism, Second World War, Migration, immigration & emigration, Migration, immigration and emigration, Colonialism and imperialism, General and world history, Far-right political ideologies and movements, Modern warfare, History and Archaeology, The Cold War, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, Cold wars and proxy conflicts, Ethnic studies / Ethnicity