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Wild Bill Donovan : the spymaster who created the OSS and modern American espionage / Douglas Waller.

Waller, Douglas C., (author.).

Summary:

"A mythic figure whose legacy is still intensely debated, 'Wild Bill' Donovan was director of the Office of Strategic Services (the country's first national intelligence agency) and the father of today's CIA. Donovan introduced the nation to the dark arts of covert warfare on a scale it had never seen before."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781416567448
  • ISBN: 1416567445
  • ISBN: 9781416576204
  • Physical Description: x, 466 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First Free Press edition
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Free Press, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc., [2011]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Paging may vary.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-442) and index.
Subject:
Donovan, William J. (William Joseph), 1883-1959.
United States. Office of Strategic Services > Biography.
Intelligence officers > United States > Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 > Secret service.
Genre:
Biographies.

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  • 11 of 12 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library.

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Jacksonville Main Library BIO DONOVAN (Text) 36015000667341 Adult Biography Available -