Douglas C. Waller
Author
Publisher
Free Press
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
x, 466 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Description
"A mythic figure whose legacy is still intensely debated, 'Wild Bill' Donovan was director of the Office of Strategic Services (the country's first national intelligence agency) and the father of today's CIA. Donovan introduced the nation to the dark arts of covert warfare on a scale it had never seen before."--P. [2] of cover.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
xvi, 566 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Description
"The author of the critically acclaimed bestseller Wild Bill Donovan, tells the story of four OSS warriors of World War II. All four later led the CIA. They are the most famous and controversial directors the CIA has ever had--Allen Dulles, Richard Helms, William Colby, and William Casey. Disciples is the story of these dynamic agents and their daring espionage and sabotage in wartime Europe under OSS Director Bill Donovan. Allen Dulles ran the OSS's...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
16 CDs (19 hrs.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Veteran journalist Douglas Waller turns his sights on the shadow war of four secret agents for the North-Allan Pinkerton, George Sharpe, Elizabeth Van Lew, and Lafayette Baker. From the tense days before Abraham Lincoln's inauguration in 1861 to the surrender at Appomattox, Waller delivers a fast-paced narrative of the heroes-and scoundrels-who informed Lincoln's generals on Rebel activity, as well as a striking portrait of a shrewd president who...