Wild Bill Donovan : the spymaster who created the OSS and modern American espionage / Douglas Waller.
TITLE:
Wild Bill Donovan : the spymaster who created the OSS and modern American espionage / Douglas Waller.
Publication Date:
2011-2012
Publication Information:
New York : Free Press,
Physical Description:
x, 466 p., [16] p. of plates : ill.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781416576204
