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Author Persico, Joseph E.

Title Piercing the Reich : the penetration of Nazi Germany by American secret agents during World War II / Joseph E. Persico.

Publication Info. New York : Viking Press, 1979.

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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  940.93 P43    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  940.5486    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  940.5485 P43    Check Shelf
Description viii, 376 pages, [9] leaves of plates : illustrations, map (on lining papers) ; 25 cm
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 351-356.
Note Includes index.
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.
Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Germany.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- United States.
United States. Office of Strategic Services.
ISBN 0670554901: $14.95
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