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092 _a940.5486
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049 _aNFGA
100 1 _aReynolds, Nicholas E.,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aNeed to know :
_bWorld War II and the rise of American intelligence /
_cNicholas Reynolds.
246 3 0 _aWorld War II and the rise of American intelligence
246 3 _aWorld War two & the rise of American intelligence
250 _aFirst edition
264 1 _aNew York :
_bMariner Books,
_c[2022]
264 4 _c©2022
300 _axxi, 488 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :
_billustrations ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
500 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 361-467) and index.
520 _a"The entire vast, modern American intelligence system--the amalgam of three-letter spy services of many stripes--can be traced back to the dire straits the world faced at the dawn of World War II. Prior to 1940, the United States had no organization to recruit spies and steal secrets or launch covert campaigns against enemies overseas and just a few codebreakers, isolated in windowless vaults. It was only through Winston Churchill's determination to mobilize the US in the fight against Hitler that the first American spy service was born, built from scratch against the background of the Second World War. In Need to Know, Nicholas Reynolds explores the birth, infancy, and adolescence of modern American intelligence. In this first-ever look across the entirety of the war effort, Reynolds combines little-known history and gripping spy stories to analyze the origins of American codebreakers and spies as well as their contributions to Allied victory, revealing how they laid the foundation for the Cold War--and beyond." --publisher's website.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xMilitary intelligence
_zUnited States.
_972192
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_zUnited States
_xCryptography.
650 0 _aEspionage
_xHistory
_y20th century.
_9151146
650 0 _aIntelligence service
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y20th century.
_964727
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bOffice of Strategic Services.
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