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Piercing the Reich : the penetration of Nazi Germany by American secret agents during World War II
- Title
- Piercing the Reich : the penetration of Nazi Germany by American secret agents during World War II / Joseph E. Persico.
- Author
- Persico, Joseph E.
- Publication
- New York : Viking Press, ©1979.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | D810.S7 P44 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- viii, 376 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map (on lining papers); 25 cm
- Summary
- The story of the O.S.S. penetration of Germany to capture Hitler during World War II. Covers previously hidden details of daring OSS heroes who penetrated the heart of history's most ferocious police state.
- Subject
- United States. Office of Strategic Services
- Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer Bitterfeld
- United States. Office of Strategic Services
- BMBF-Statusseminar
- 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945 > Secret service > Germany
- World War, 1939-1945 > Secret service > United States
- Secret service
- Geheimdienst
- Zweiter Weltkrieg
- Germany
- United States
- Deutschland
- USA
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 351-356.
- Contents
- The delayed decision -- The manufacture of illusion -- Burglars with morals -- Back door to the Reich -- The invisible invasion -- The birth of Sergeant Steinhauser -- "I swear allegiance to Adolf Hitler" -- A dentist with a mission -- A spy's fate -- The courtship of Joan-Eleanor -- Belgian roulette -- Armistice with the Air Force -- The Jew who dared return -- "Take it avay, New York" -- Donovan's Red Army -- An American in the Holocaust -- The spy who saved a city -- Final acts -- Debriefing.
- ISBN
- 0670554901
- 9780670554904
- 9780760702420
- 076070242X
- LCCN
- 78012421
- OCLC
- ocm04195075
- 4195075
- SCSB-103007
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library