Book and Dagger: How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II Format:Paperback In a darkened room a

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Book and Dagger: How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II Format:Paperback In a darkened room aThe 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 U. S. 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