OSS: The Secret History of America's First Central Intelligence Agency.(Book review)

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OSS: The Secret History of America's First Central Intelligence Agency. By Richard Harris Smith. Guilford CT: The Lyons Press, 2005 [copyright 1972]. Photographs. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Pp. xxx, 413. $16.95 Paperback ISBN: 1-59228-729-8

My only direct contact with the OSS was during a recon mission in Southern France to one of their teams which was supporting the Free French. I did, however, spend considerable time in intelligence and intelligence gathering, so I had high hopes of leaning more about the Office of Strategic Services. I wonder what today's demand is for a ...

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