The Dirty Tricks Department: Stanley Lovell, the Oss, and the Masterminds of World War II Secret Warfare Lisle John
The Dirty Tricks Department: Stanley Lovell, the Oss, and the Masterminds of World War II Secret Warfare Lisle John John Lisle reveals the untold story of the OSS Research and Development Branch--The…
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The Dirty Tricks Department: Stanley Lovell, the Oss, and the Masterminds of World War II Secret Warfare Lisle John
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. After a disconcerting amount of time, William "Wild Bill" Donovan, the head of the OSS, walked in the door. When he arrived, he was led to a barren room where he waited to meet the man who had summoned him.
"Professor Moriarty is the man I want for my staff...I think you're 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. "You know you're Sherlock Holmes, of course," Donovan said as an introduction. Their inventions included bat bombs, suicide pills, fighting