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Wartime Spies Get Their Due

Wartime Spies Get Their Due

New books, movies and the OSS Society pay tribute to our World War Two Secret Agents

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Jeff Stein
Oct 12, 2020
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As the waning days of the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II play out, the OSS is getting its own curtain call of sorts. 

The Office of Strategic Services plays a leading role in The Quiet Americans, Scott Anderson’s magisterial account of four intrepid young men whose can-do missions in World War helped shape the future CIA (for better or worse…

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