The dirty tricks department : Stanley Lovell, the OSS, and the masterminds of World War II secret warfare

Summary: "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 OSS, walked in the door. 'You know you're 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 developed dirty tricks for the OSS, the precursor to the CIA"--

Record details

ISBN: 9781250280244 (hardcover)
Physical Description: print
x, 338 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2023.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Donovan's dragoons -- Professor Moriarty -- The Sandeman Club -- Division 19 destruction -- Kill or be killed -- Psychological warfare -- Detachment 101 -- Target Heavy Water -- Pursuit of the mastodon -- The Heisenberg uncertainty -- The documents division -- The camouflage division -- Undercover missions -- Biological warfare -- Chemical warfare -- Truth drugs -- Lovell's twilight -- A legacy of lessons.