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100 1 _aGraham, Elyse,
_d1985-
_eauthor.
_9420
245 1 0 _aBook and dagger :
_bhow scholars and librarians became the unlikely spies of World War II /
_cElyse Graham.
246 3 0 _aHow scholars and librarians became the unlikely spies of World War II
250 _aFirst edition.
264 1 _aNew York, NY :
_bEcco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers,
_c[2024]
300 _axxi, 376 pages ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 303-356) and index.
505 0 _aThe spy who came in from the carrel -- A girl's guide to burglary -- Through the looking glass -- Too clever to be trapped by a woman -- Breaking codes and reading trash -- The dirtiest work that can possibly be imagined -- Surrender on demand -- The longest day -- Lies and damned lies -- Searching for a new plot.
520 _a"The untold story of the academics who became OSS spies, invented modern spycraft, and helped turn the tide of the war At the start of WWII, the US found itself in desperate need of an intelligence agency. The Office of Strategic Services (OSS), a precursor to today's CIA, was quickly formed--and, in an effort to fill its ranks with experts, the OSS turned to academia for recruits. Suddenly, literature professors, librarians, and historians were training to perform undercover operations and investigative work--and these surprising spies would go on to profoundly shape both the course of the war and our cultural institutions with their efforts. In Book and Dagger, Elyse Graham draws on personal histories, diaries, and declassified OSS files to tell the story of a small but connected group of humanities scholars turned unlikely spies. Among them are Joseph Curtiss, a literature professor who hunted down German spies and turned them into double agents; Sherman Kent, a smart-mouthed history professor who rose to become the head of analysis for all of Europe and Africa; and Adele Kibre, an archivist who was sent to Stockholm to secretly acquire documents for the OSS. These unforgettable characters would ultimately help lay the foundations of modern intelligence and transform American higher education when they returned after the war. Thrillingly paced and rigorously researched, Book and Dagger is an inspiring and gripping true story about a group of academics who helped beat the Nazis--a tale that reveals the indelible power of humanities to change the world"--
_cProvided by publisher.
600 1 0 _aCurtiss, Joseph T.,
_d1901-1992.
_9421
600 1 0 _aKibre, Adele.
_9422
600 1 0 _aKent, Sherman.
_9423
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bOffice of Strategic Services
_xOfficials and employees
_vBiography.
_9424
650 0 _aSpies
_xRecruiting
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y20th century.
_9425
650 0 _aMoles (Spies)
_9426
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xSecret service
_zUnited States.
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650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xSecret service
_zEurope.
_9428
650 0 _aEspionage, American
_xHistory
_y20th century.
_9429
650 0 _aCollege teachers
_zUnited States
_vBiography.
_9430
650 0 _aLibrarians
_zUnited States
_vBiography.
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655 0 _aInformational works.
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655 0 _aBiography.
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655 7 _aInformational works.
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655 7 _aBiographies.
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655 7 _aDocuments d'information.
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