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Donovan

America’s Master Spy

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Donovan

By: Richard Dunlop, William Stephenson - foreword
Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
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The fascinating biography of the man who laid the foundation for the CIA. One of the most celebrated and highly decorated heroes of World War I, a noted trial lawyer, presidential adviser and emissary, and chief of America’s Office of Strategic Services during World War II, William J. Donovan was a legendary figure. Donovan, originally published in 1982, penetrates the cloak of secrecy surrounding this remarkable man.

During the dark days of World War II, "Wild Bill" Donovan, more than any other person, was responsible for what William Stevenson, author of A Man Called Intrepid, described as the astonishing success with which the United States entered secret warfare and accomplished in less than four years what it took England many centuries to develop. Drawing upon Donovan’s diaries, letters, and other papers; interviews with hundreds of the men and women who worked with him and spied for him; and declassified and unpublished documents, author Richard Dunlop, himself a former member of Donovan’s OSS, traces the incredible career of the man who almost single-handedly created America’s central intelligence service. The result is the definitive biography that Donovan himself had always expected Dunlop would write.

©1982, 2014 Richard Dunlop (P)2014 Audible Inc. Americas Military Politicians Politics & Activism United States Espionage War Biography Franklin D Roosevelt
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A great read about one of the most influential men of the 20th Century.
Donovan’s exploits have been too underestimated, for too long.
In great detail, this book will tell you why.

A Fascinating Life

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Prior to reading this book, I had no idea of just how significant Donovan was as a 20th Century figure. His impact on World War 2 is vastly under appreciated. If you love 20th Century history, you will love this biography. This book is meticulously researched and very well read by the narrator.

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