02919cam a2200313 4500 1619536199 TxAuBib 20240928120000.0 ||||||s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780063280878 0063280876 802f6945-3a00-4100-adb3-b4aa3c30ddb8 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 10358695 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Graham, Elyse. Book and Dagger [Libby Audiobook] : How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II. HarperAudio, 2024. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 300MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 300MB. HTML:<p><strong>The untold story of the academics who became OSS spies, invented modern spycraft, and helped turn the tide of the war</strong></p> <p>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 training to perform undercover operations and investigative work—and these surprising spies would go on to profoundly shape both the course of the war and our cultural institutions with their efforts.</p> <p>In Book and Dagger, Elyse Graham draws on personal histories, letters, and declassified OSS files to tell the story of a small but connected group of humanities scholars turned spies. Among them are Joseph Curtiss, a literature professor who hunted down German spies and turned them into double agents; Sherman Kent, a smart-mouthed history professor who rose to become the head of analysis for all of Europe and Africa; and Adele Kibre, an archivist who was sent to Stockholm to secretly acquire documents for the OSS. These unforgettable characters would ultimately help lay the foundations of modern intelligence and transform American higher education when they returned after the war.</p> <p>Thrillingly paced and rigorously researched, Book and Dagger is an inspiring and gripping true story about a group of academics who helped beat the Nazis—a tale that reveals the indelible power of the humanities to change the world.</p>. Biography & Autobiography. Nonfiction. Politics. History. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2024-09-28 20:00:03. Maarleveld, Saskia. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=802f6945-3a00-4100-adb3-b4aa3c30ddb8&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=802f6945-3a00-4100-adb3-b4aa3c30ddb8&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)