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Women spies of World War II.

Publication: Minerva: Quarterly Report on Women and the Military
Publication Date: 22-SEP-02 		Format: Online - approximately 795 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Women spies of World War II.(Book Review)

Article Excerpt
Elizabeth P. McIntosh. Sisterhood of Spies: The Women of the OSS. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1998. xiv + 282 pp. Notes, bibliography, index. $27.00 (cloth), ISBN 1-55750-598-5.

Elizabeth McIntosh's Sisterhood of Spies details the history of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), the World War II precursor to the CIA. What gives McIntosh's telling of the story particular poignancy is that she served in the Asian field of operations for the OSS during the war, and adds her personal perspective to the book, including recollections of people and places as well as her experiences. Based primarily on interviews, the book attempts to "recapture and document for the reader that exciting period in our history when women served as...

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