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Kloman, Erasmus H.
Naval Institute Press
2005
126 pages
$26.95
Hardcover
D810
Combining his own experiences as an officer with documentary
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For more information, see the . at the National Archives National Archives, official depository for records of the U.S. federal government, established in 1934 by an act of Congress. Although displeasure concerning the method of keeping national records was voiced in Congress as early as 1810, the United States continued , Kloman looks at the role of the
Office of Strategic Services Office of Strategic Services (OSS), U.S. agency created (1942) during World War II under the jurisdiction of the Joint Chiefs of Staff for the purpose of obtaining information about enemy nations and of sabotaging their war potential and morale. Headed by William J. in World War II North Africa, Southern
France Southern France (or the South of France), colloquially known as Le Midi, is a loosely defined geographical area consisting of the regions of France that border the Atlantic Ocean south of the Gironde, Spain, the Mediterranean Sea, Italy, and Switzerland south of the , and Italy. Kloman explores the disparate backgrounds of those
who volunteered to serve in the organization--the precursor to the
Central Intelligence Agency--as well as problems that arose in relations
between its operational branches, interactions between the OSS and its
British counterpart, and difficulties the OSS encountered in earning
acceptance by US military commands. His narrative weaves accounts of
behind-the-lines operations with broad views of the military campaigns
they supported. An epilogue surveys developments in the intelligence
field in the decades since.
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