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You're Stepping on My Cloak and Dagger (Bluejacket Books)

You're Stepping on My Cloak and Dagger (Bluejacket Books)

by Roger Hall

With a sharp eye and wry wit, Roger Hall recounts his experiences as an American Army officer assigned to the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during World War II. First published in 1957 to critical and popular acclaim, his book has become a cult favorite in intelligence circles. The story follows Hall's experiences from a junior officer fleeing a tedious training assignment in Louisiana to his quirky and... (more)

The Irregulars: Roald Dahl and the British Spy Ring in Wartime Washington

The Irregulars: Roald Dahl and the British Spy Ring in Wartime Washington

by Jennet Conant

When Roald Dahl, a dashing young wounded RAF pilot, took up his post at the British Embassy in Washington in 1942, his assignment was to use his good looks, wit, and considerable charm to gain access to the most powerful figures in American political life. A patriot eager to do his part to save his country from a Nazi invasion, he invaded the upper reaches of the U.S. government and Georgetown society, winning... (more)

Money and Conquest: Allied Occupation Currencies in World War II (The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science)

Money and Conquest: Allied Occupation Currencies in World War II (The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science)

by Vladimir Petrov

The Swiss BanksT.R. Fehrenbach

The Swiss Banks

by T.R. Fehrenbach

I Was Trained To Be A Spy: A True Life Story

I Was Trained To Be A Spy: A True Life Story

by Helias Doundoulakis

An American-born boy grew up in a small village on the Greek island of Crete. In his last year in high school, he witnessed the German invasion of Crete, in May of 1941, during the early days of WW II. At the age of eighteen, he joined a resistance group headed by his brother, and supplied crucial information to the SOE, the arm of the English Intelligence Service. This resistance group is uncovered, resulting in... (more)

Swiss Courier, The: A Novel

by Tricia Goyer

It is August 1944 and the Gestapo is mercilessly rounding up suspected enemies of the Third Reich. When Joseph Engel, a German physicist working on the atomic bomb, finds that he is actually a Jew, adopted by Christian parents, he must flee for his life to neutral Switzerland. Gabi Mueller is a young Swiss-American woman working for the newly formed American Office of Strategic Services (the forerunner to... (more)

The Honor of Spies

by W. E. B. Griffin

Griffin’s Honor Bound novels have been hailed as “terrific” (Newark Star-Ledger ) and “immensely entertaining” ( Kirkus Reviews ), with “enough derring-do, romance and action to satisfy Griffin’s legions of fans and bring him new ones” ( Rocky Mountain News ). The new book is his best yet. August 6, 1943: In his brief career in the Office of Strategic Services, twenty-four-year-old Cletus Frade has already been... (more)

The Secret Fire

by Martin Langfield

The Secret Fire is a supernatural thriller set in London and Paris, during World War Two and in the present day. It is a story of love, betrayal and forgiveness, in which a mighty spell — the legendary Fenland Working, which helped shield Britain from destruction at the hands of its Nazi enemies during World War Two -- is slowly dying with its maker. As the key anniversary of the spell's... (more)

Red Star Over China

by Edgar Snow

Of Spies & StrategemsStanley P. Lovell

Of Spies & Strategems

by Stanley P. Lovell

THE O.S.S. AND I: An operative during World Warr II behind enemy Iines tells his story.

The Secret War Report of the OSS

by Anthony Cave Brown

Secret Air MissionsMonro MacCloskey

Secret Air Missions

by Monro MacCloskey

Julia Child (Penguin Lives)

by Laura Shapiro

A biography of Julia Child from the award-winning author of Perfection Salad One of the most beloved figures in 20th century American culture was Julia Child, the bouyant "French Chef" who taught millions of Americans to cook with confidence and eat with pleasure. With an irrepressible sense of humor and a passion for good food, Child ushered in the nation’s culinary renaissance and became its chief... (more)

Operation Jedburgh: D-Day and America's First Shadow War

Operation Jedburgh: D-Day and America's First Shadow War

by Colin Beavan

A thrilling account of one of the most important covert operations of World War II In 1943, less than a year before D-Day, nearly three hundred American, British, and French soldiers—shadow warriors—parachuted deep behind enemy lines in France as part of the covert Operation Jedburgh. Working with the beleaguered French Resistance, the "Jeds" launched a stunningly effective guerrilla campaign against... (more)

Hitler's Spies: German Military Intelligence in World War II

Hitler's Spies: German Military Intelligence in World War II

by David Kahn

The first full account of Hitler's extensive intelligence network-and the dramatic story of how Germany lost the battle of the secret services in World War II A German patrol wiggles through Russian lines to return with details of Soviet defenses. An expert Luftwaffe interrogator teases secret information from downed Allied airmen. Two spies steal ashore in Maine and make their way into New York City. Filled... (more)

The Last Embrace

by Denise Hamilton

From Denise Hamilton, who has been hailed as "one of today's must-read writers" (Lee Child), comes a sexy, atmospheric, and seductive thriller set in 1949 Los Angeles, inspired by classic noir literature and a true unsolved crime. Lily Kessler, a former stenographer and spy for the OSS, is asked by her late fiancé's mother to find out what happened to his sister Kitty, an actress who is missing from her Hollywood... (more)

The OSS in World War II

by Edward Hymoff

The Quiet American

by Graham Greene

Into the intrigue and violence of Indo-China comes Pyle, a young idealistic American sent to promote democracy through a mysterious 'Third Force'. As his naive optimism starts to cause bloodshed, his friend Fowler finds it hard to stand and watch.

Behind the Lines: The Oral History of Special Operations in World War II

Behind the Lines: The Oral History of Special Operations in World War II

by Russell Miller

Prepared for any situation from averting interrogation through suicide to derailing a train with nothing but an overcoat-and supplied with such useful items as expertly forged documents, exploding rats, and invisible ink-the men and women of the O.S.S. and the S.O.E. were sent behind enemy lines to cause mayhem, often alone, with an average life expectancy of six weeks. These are their stories in their own words. (more)

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