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Operatives, spies, and saboteurs : the unknown story of the men and women of World War II's OSS / Patrick K. O'Donnell.

Record details

  • ISBN: 074323572X
  • ISBN: 9780743235723
  • Physical Description: xviii, 365 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Free Press, [2004]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-346) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Spy school -- R&D and "The campus" -- Intrigue in North Africa and Iberia -- Up the boot -- On Hitler's doorstep, the OSS in Switzerland -- Into the Balkans, Yugoslavia and Albania -- "SMASHEM", Greece -- From frogmen to SEALs, the OSS Maritime Unit (MU) -- Infiltrating France -- Paving the way for Overlord -- Dragoon -- X-2, counterespionage -- Approaching the Reich -- Catastrophe in Czechoslovakia -- Psych Ops, Morale Operations (MO) and origins of psychological warfare -- Penetrating the Reich -- Backroom negotiations, Sweden and Norway -- Northern Italy -- Final missions and conclusion.
Subject:
United States. Office of Strategic Services.
World War, 1939-1945 > Secret service > United States.
World War, 1939-1945 > Military intelligence > United States.
World War, 1939-1945 > Europe, Western.

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