Sisterhood of Spies: The Women of the OSSAlong with famous names like Julia Child and Marlene Dietrich, readers will discover such intrepid agents as Amy "Cynthia" Thorpe, who seduced a Vichy official and stole naval codes from the French embassy; Virginia Hall, who earned a Distinguished Service Cross for her work with the French resistance running an underground railroad for downed fliers; and others who recruited double agents, pioneered propaganda and subversion techniques, and tracked the infamous Nazi commando Otto Skorzeny. |
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Prologue Wild Bill Donovan and the Origins of OSS | 1 |
Invisible Apron Strings | 13 |
CodeRoom Mata Hari | 21 |
Copyright | |
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