The FBI in Latin America: The Ecuador Files

by Marc Becker

Book Overview

During the Second World War, the FDR administration placed the FBI in charge of political surveillance in Latin America. Through a program called the Special Intelligence Service (SIS), 700 agents were assigned to combat Nazi influence in Mexico, Brazil, Chile, and Argentina. The SIS's mission, however, extended beyond countries with significant German populations or Nazi spy rings. As evidence of the SIS's overreach, forty-five agents were dispatched...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822369087
• ISBN13: 9780822369080
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 9.0"