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Bissell, Richard M. (Richard Mervin) 1909-1994 Intelligence service Intelligence service United States History 20th century Johnson, Clarence L 1910-1990 Land, Edwin H 1909-1991 Powers, Francis Gary 1929-1977 Spies United States Biography U-2 (Reconnaissance aircraft) United States United States. Central Intelligence Agency.Lisle, John
Summary: "John Lisle reveals the untold story of the OSS Research and Development Branch-The Dirty Tricks Department-and its role in World War II. In the summer of 1942, Stanley Lovell, a renowned industrial chemist, received a mysterious order to report to an unfamiliar building in Washington, D.C. When he arrived, he was led to a barren room where he waited to meet the man who had summoned him. After...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2023
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 LISHolt, Nathalia
Summary: "From the New York Times bestselling author of Rise of the Rocket Girls comes the never-before-told story of a small cadre of influential female spies in the precarious early days of the CIA--women who helped create the template for cutting-edge espionage (and blazed new paths for equality in the workplace) in the treacherous post-WWII era"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 327.1273 HOLReel, Monte
Summary: In A Brotherhood of Spies, award-winning journalist Monte Reel reveals how the U-2 spy program, principally devised by four men working in secret, upended the Cold War and carved a new mission for the CIA. This secret fraternity, made up of Edwin Land, best known as the inventor of instant photography and the head of Polaroid Corporation; Kelly Johnson, a hard-charging taskmaster from Lockheed;...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2018