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Secrets War: The Office of Strategic Services in WWII
SKU N-01-200021
We are currently out of stock on this item. Please check back later. “The Secrets War” -The Office of Strategic Services in World War II-Edited By George C. Chalou
This volume contains the proceedings of the first major scholarly conference on the OSS, which was held at the National Archives on July 11 & 12, 1991 exactly 50 years after President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed William J. Donovan Coordinator of Information. These 24 papers-presented at the conference by veterans and historians of the OSS-offer new insights into the activities and importance of the United States first modern national intelligence agency. The first of eight sections discusses the United States on the brink of war. The following six cover the operations of the Europe, the Balkins, and Asia. The final chapter explores the legacy of the OSS. Contributors include Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. William Colby, Aline, countess of Romanones; Walt W. Rostow, and Robin Winks. George C. Chalou, interagency liaison officer in the Office of Records Administration at the National Archives, was director of the OSS Conference.
6 X 9, 376 pages, 10 illustrations, Printed 1992
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