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100 1 $aMcIntosh, Elizabeth P.,$d1915-2015.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n92079195
245 10 $aSisterhood of spies :$bthe women of the OSS /$cElizabeth P. McIntosh.
260 $aAnnapolis, Md. :$bNaval Institute Press,$c[1998], ©1998.
300 $axiv, 282 pages, 22 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 263-271) and index.
505 00 $tPrologue. "Wild Bill" Donovan and the Origins of OSS --$g1.$tInvisible Apron Strings --$g2.$tCode-Room Mata Hari --$g3.$tThe Girls of R&A --$g4.$tCoordinating Secret Intelligence --$g5.$tBlack Propaganda, Coast to Coast --$g6.$tOperation Sauerkraut --$g7.$tUnderground in New York City --$g8.$tLondon Station --$g9.$tFrom Royal Suites to Back-Street London --$g10.$tCover and Documentation --$g11.$tThe Limping Lady --$g12.$tThe Agent Who Lived Her Cover --$g13.$tTurning a Nazi Agent --$g14.$tThrough Enemy Lines --$g15.$tEspionage in the Twilight Zones --$g16.$tThrough the Transom into India --$g17.$tBlack Mail --$g18.$tKandy Was Dandy --$g19.$tOver the Hump to China --$tEpilogue. Space-Age Spies: Women in CIA.
520 $aThe daring missions and cloak-and-dagger skullduggery of America's World War II intelligence agency, the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), are well documented and have become the stuff of legend. Yet the contributions of the four thousand women who made up one-fifth of the OSS staff have gone largely unheralded. Here for the first time is a chronicle of their fascinating adventures, told by one of their own.
520 8 $aA seasoned journalist and veteran of sensitive OSS and CIA operations, Elizabeth McIntosh draws on her own experiences and interviews with more than a hundred other OSS women to reveal some of the most tantalizing stories and best-kept secrets of the war in Europe and Asia.
520 8 $aMcIntosh weaves intimate portraits of dozens of remarkable women into the storied development and operation of the OSS in the 1940s.
520 8 $aAlong with famous names like Julia Child and Marlene Dietrich, readers will discover such intrepid agents as Amy "Cynthia" Thorpe, who seduced a Vichy official and stole naval codes from the French embassy; Virginia Hall, who earned a Distinguished Service Cross for her work with the French resistance running an underground railroad for downed fliers; and others who recruited double agents, pioneered propaganda and subversion techniques, and tracked the infamous Nazi commando Otto Skorzeny.
520 8 $aFilled with previously unpublished photos, this entertaining account is a historic contribution to the literature of World War II and the culture of intelligence operations.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bOffice of Strategic Services$xHistory.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xSecret service$zUnited States.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008113867
600 10 $aMcIntosh, Elizabeth P.,$d1915-2015.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n92079195
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$vPersonal narratives, American.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008113356
650 0 $aWomen spies$zUnited States$vBiography.
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