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- Page Count 456
- Publication Year 2019
- Publisher Lyons Press
- ISBN-13 9781493042173
OSS
Archival Summary & Scope
"The best book about America’s first modern secret service."—*Washington Post Book World*
Ex-CIA officer Richard Harris Smith chronicles the Office of Strategic Services (OSS)—America's pioneering intelligence agency and direct precursor to the CIA. Formed by FDR before World War II and headed by William "Wild Bill" Donovan, the OSS recruited a diverse, often chaotic cast of agents, from conservative financiers to New Deal idealists. Smith meticulously documents this controversial agency's dramatic operations against the Axis powers, from its inception through its dissolution under Harry Truman. This authoritative account reveals the colorful personalities and elaborate, sometimes outlandish, conspiracies that defined America's first foray into modern espionage.
Archival Categorization Notes
This literature has been indexed under the primary pillar of World War II. It was manually vetted for the Read For Truth database because it provides educational insights into Espionage & Codebreaking, assisting researchers in locating established secondary research within this specific taxonomy.
