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Author
Series
Honor bound volume 6
Language
English
Description
Facing daunting challenges in the form of political threats against the OSS and the early stirrings of the Cold War, Cletus Frade and his colleague conduct a secret operation to counter the growing ambitions of Joseph Stalin.
Author
Series
Men at war volume 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Philippines, 1943: As the ragged remnants of the American forces stand against the might of the Imperial Japanese Army, a determined cadre of OSS agents becomes their only contact with the outside world-and their only hope for survival.
Author
Series
Honor bound volume 5
Language
English
Description
August, 1943: In his short time as a spy with the Office of Strategic Services, young Cletus Frade has faced many unlikely situations, but nothing like his new assignment. Having helped Lieutenant Colonel Wilhelm Frogger escape a Mississippi P.O.W. camp, he must now get the defiant German to turn against his country.
Author
Series
Men at war volume 7
Language
English
Description
Tapped by FDR to assist the Allies' efforts to secure France and build an atomic bomb, OSS spy chief Wild Bill Donovan and top agent Dick Canidy coordinate a sabotage mission in Germany while countering a mole who is leaking Manhattan Project secrets to the Soviets.
Author
Series
Honor bound volume 7
Language
English
Description
In the aftermath of the surrenders of Germany and Japan in October 1945, Cletus Frade and his colleagues in the OSS are given the life-threatening task of maintaining security during a covert U.S. deal with Germany for intelligence about the identities of Soviet spies in the American atomic bomb program.
Author
Series
Men at war volume 5
Language
English
Description
Finds the Office of Strategic Services agents of "Wild Bill" Donovan fighting World War II's Battle of the Atlantic on two fronts, a situation that is compromised by possible sabotage.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
At the height of WWII, five idealistic young Americans receive a mysterious letter from the OSS, asking them if they are willing to fight for their country. The men and women from very different backgrounds -- a Texan athlete with German roots, an upper-crust son of a French mother and a wealthy businessman, a dirt-poor Midwestern fly fisherman, an orphaned fashion designer, and a ravishingly beautiful female fencer -- all answer the call of duty,...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Inspired by a real-life female spy, a WWII-set novel about a woman challenging convention and boundaries to help win a war, no matter the cost. "A gripping, fascinating read." --Kelly Rimmer, New York Times bestselling author of The Warsaw Orphan 1944, Rome. Newlywed Niki Novotná is recruited by a new American spy agency to establish a secret branch in Italy's capital. One of the OSS's few female operatives abroad and multilingual, she's tasked...
Author
Series
Men at war volume 6
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Office of Strategic Services has now been tasked with convincing the Axis powers that the Allied forces will not be invading Europe via France's beaches. Layers of secrecy shroud the operation--anyone could be a double agent.
11) The last heroes
Author
Series
Men at war volume 1
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's
Pub. Date
1997.
Edition
First G.P. Putnam's Sons edition.
Physical Desc
342 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
12) Knight's Cross
Author
Publisher
Carol Pub. Group
Pub. Date
[1993]
Physical Desc
vii, 318 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Author
Series
Men at war volume 3
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
1999.
Edition
First G.P. Putnam's Sons edition.
Physical Desc
340 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Men at war volume 8
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
405 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
April 1940. By terms of the Soviet Nazi Nonaggression pact, the two dictatorships divided the helpless nation of Poland. Now, the Russians are rounding up enemies of the state in their occupation zone, but one essential target slips away. Dr. Sebastian Kapsky had spent years working with Walter Riedel and Werner von Braun in the early days of rocket science, but as a man with a conscience he refused to continue when he saw the perversion of their...
15) The book spy
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"President Roosevelt sends an unlikely new taskforce on a unique mission: librarians and microfilm specialists, trained in espionage, are deployed to neutral cities throughout Europe to work with a special branch of the Office of Strategic Services. By acquiring and scouring Axis publications, these librarians can gather information about troop location, weaponry, and military plans. Maria Alves, a microfilm expert working at the New York Public Library,...
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