The Dirty Tricks Department: Stanley Lovell, the Oss, and the Masterminds of World War II Secret Warfare

Format: Hardcover Language: English ISBN: 1250280249 ISBN13: 9781250280244 Release Date: March 2023 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Length: 352 Pages Weight: 1.25 lbs. Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.4" 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. 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 Office of Strategic Services (OSS), walked in the door. "You know your 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 d