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Author:
Lisle, John, author.
Title:
The dirty tricks department : Stanley Lovell, the OSS, and the masterminds of World War II secret warfare / John Lisle.
Publisher:
Playaway ProductsLLC,
Copyright Date:
2023
Description:
1 audio media player : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Subject:
Lovell, Stanley P.--Influence.
United States.--Research and Development Branch--Research and Development Branch--History.
United States.--Office of Strategic Services--Officials and employees--Biography.
United States.--Central Intelligence Agency--History--20th century.
Project MKULTRA.
Intelligence service--United States--History--20th century.
Espionage, American--History--20th century.
Biographies.
Audiobooks.
Other Authors:
Cross, Pete (Actor), narrator.
Playaway Digital Audio, issuing body.
Playaway Products, LLC., issuing body.
Notes:
Title supplied by publisher. Release date supplied by publisher. Issued on Playaway, a dedicated audio media player. One set of earphones and one AAA battery required for listening. Previously released by Macmillan Audio. Read by Pete Cross.
Summary:
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 a disconcerting amount of time, William "Wild Bill" Donovan, the head of the OSS, walked in the door. "You know your Sherlock Holmes, of course," Donovan said as an introduction. "Professor Moriarty is the man I want for my staff...I think youre it." Following this life-changing encounter, Lovell became the head of a secret group of scientists who developed dirty tricks for the OSS, the precursor to the CIA. Their inventions included bat bombs, suicide pills, fighting knives, silent pistols, and camouflaged explosives. Moreover, they forged documents for undercover agents, plotted the assassination of foreign leaders, and performed truth drug experiments on unsuspecting subjects. Based on extensive archival research and personal interviews, The Dirty Tricks Department tells the story of these scheming scientists, explores the moral dilemmas that they faced, and reveals their dark legacy of directly inspiring the most infamous program in CIA history: MKULTRA.
ISBN:
1250321107
9781250321107
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1369067497
Locations:
YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

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