John Lisle reveals the untold story of the OSS Research and Development Branch and its role in World War II.
What The Reviewers Say
Ben Macintyre,
The New York Times Book Review
This enjoyable, picaresque and sometimes alarming book offers another good reason for maintaining careful oversight over the intelligence services: Spy-scientists tend to go rogue when left to invent their own devices..
Evan Thomas,
Air Mail
A darkly entertaining trawl through the outlandish exploits and misadventures of Lovell’s "Department of Dirty Tricks..