Book and Dagger: How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II Format:Paperback Some stories are profoundly sad

Some stories are profoundly sad

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but the mini-mermaid is nowhere in sight

hunting for secrets among the ruins of an ancient snake empire

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Book and Dagger: How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II Format:Paperback Some stories are profoundly sadThe 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