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The Dirty Tricks Department

- The Untold Story of the Real-life Q Branch, the Masterminds of Second World War Secret Warfare
Af: John Lisle Engelsk Hardback

The Dirty Tricks Department

- The Untold Story of the Real-life Q Branch, the Masterminds of Second World War Secret Warfare
Af: John Lisle Engelsk Hardback
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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 Office of Strategic Services (OSS), walked in the door. ‘You know your 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. Their inventions included Bat Bombs, suicide pills, fighting knives, silent pistols, and camouflaged explosives. Moreover, they forged documents for undercover agents, plotted the assassination of foreign leaders, and performed truth drug experiments on unsuspecting subjects.

Based on extensive archival research and personal interviews, The Dirty Tricks Department tells the story of these scheming scientists, explores the moral dilemmas that they faced, and reveals their dark legacy of directly inspiring the most infamous program in CIA history: MKULTRA.

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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 Office of Strategic Services (OSS), walked in the door. ‘You know your 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. Their inventions included Bat Bombs, suicide pills, fighting knives, silent pistols, and camouflaged explosives. Moreover, they forged documents for undercover agents, plotted the assassination of foreign leaders, and performed truth drug experiments on unsuspecting subjects.

Based on extensive archival research and personal interviews, The Dirty Tricks Department tells the story of these scheming scientists, explores the moral dilemmas that they faced, and reveals their dark legacy of directly inspiring the most infamous program in CIA history: MKULTRA.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 360
ISBN-13: 9781803992648
Indbinding: Hardback
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ISBN-10: 1803992646
Kategori: Maryland
Udg. Dato: 9 mar 2023
Længde: 32mm
Bredde: 166mm
Højde: 240mm
Forlag: The History Press Ltd
Oplagsdato: 9 mar 2023
Forfatter(e): John Lisle
Forfatter(e) John Lisle

Kategori Maryland

ISBN-13 9781803992648

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Hardback

Sider 360

Udgave

Længde 32mm

Bredde 166mm

Højde 240mm

Udg. Dato 9 mar 2023

Oplagsdato 9 mar 2023

Forlag The History Press Ltd

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