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  • Non-fiction
  • 2023
  • First edition.

The dirty tricks department

Stanley Lovell, the OSS, and the masterminds of World War II secret warfare

John Lisle

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"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. When he arrived, he was led to a barren room where he waited to meet the man who had summoned him. After a disconcerting amount of time, William 'Wild Bill' Donovan, the head of the OSS, walked in the door. 'You know you're Sherlock Holmes, of course,' Donovan said as an introduction. '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"--

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Title Statement The dirty tricks department: Stanley Lovell, the OSS, and the masterminds of World War II secret warfare / John Lisle.
Alternative Title(s) Stanley Lovell, the OSS, and the masterminds of World War II secret warfare
Author Lisle, John
Publication New York: St. Martin's Press,2023.
Edition First edition.
Extent of Item x, 338 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
ISBN 9781250280244 (hardcover)
Other Number pr06775408
Contents Donovan's dragoons --Professor Moriarty --The Sandeman Club --Division 19 destruction --Kill or be killed --Psychological warfare --Detachment 101 --Target Heavy Water --Pursuit of the mastodon --The Heisenberg uncertainty --The documents division --The camouflage division --Undercover missions --Biological warfare --Chemical warfare --Truth drugs --Lovell's twilight --A legacy of lessons.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary "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. When he arrived, he was led to a barren room where he waited to meet the man who had summoned him. After a disconcerting amount of time, William 'Wild Bill' Donovan, the head of the OSS, walked in the door. 'You know you're Sherlock Holmes, of course,' Donovan said as an introduction. '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"--
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By Topic Espionage, American--History--20th century
Intelligence service--History--20th century--United States
By Name Lovell, Stanley P.--Influence
United StatesCentral Intelligence Agency--History--20th century
United StatesOffice of Strategic Services--Biography--Officials and employees
United StatesOffice of Strategic ServicesResearch and Development Branch--History
Project MKULTRA
By Genre Biographies
Personal narratives
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