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Sisterhood of Spies [Englisch] [Taschenbuch]

Elizabeth McIntosh
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  • Taschenbuch: 384 Seiten
  • Verlag: Dell (9. März 1999)
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • ISBN-10: 0440234662
  • ISBN-13: 978-0440234661
  • Größe und/oder Gewicht: 10,4 x 3 x 17,3 cm
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  • Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 680.317 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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Sisterhood of Spies is a real-life James Bond story, double-X chromosome-style. Here, though, the heroines aren't sex kittens in black spandex, but rather upper-crust women risking their lives in the service of a country at war. Elizabeth P. McIntosh was a reporter in Hawaii when the Office of Strategic Services (the C.I.A.'s precursor) recruited her to aid in its campaign of wartime disinformation. Fifty-five years later, she's taken it upon herself to tell the story of the women who served with her undercover--some of whom have also achieved aboveground celebrity, such as Marlene Dietrich and Julia Child. The narratives contained in Sisterhood of Spies couldn't be any more gripping if they were written as fiction: Nazi interrogation ordeals, daring escapes across mountain passes, expeditions behind enemy lines, even Mata Hari-style affairs. Ms. McIntosh's book is a fond ode to these women and a bravery that has remained unsung too long. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.

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This appears to be the first historical overview of the women who worked for the OSS, the forerunner of the CIA. Individual women who were involved, including the author and Julia Child, have already written biographies detailing their OSS work, but this book is broader in scope. Each chapter outlines an individual woman or women in a particular department at the OSS. McIntosh clearly demonstrates the breadth of activities in which the women were involved, such as coding and decoding messages, creating disinformation, organizing resistance groups behind enemy lines, and analyzing research. The restrictions placed on women in the workplace are noted but not harshly stated. The rule against spouses being placed in the same theater of war is given as a factor in several divorces. In less-skilled hands the chapters would be choppy, but McIntosh provides excellent segues. Though written at a level that high school students can understand, this book will be useful to undergraduate and graduate students as well. For public and academic libraries.?Julie Still, Rutgers Univ. Lib., Camden, NJ
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General Donovan once summarized his concept of the role of women in OSS: The great majority of women who worked for America's first organized and integrated intelligence agency, spent their war years behind desks and filing cases in Washington, invisible apron strings of an organization which touched every theater of the war. Lesen Sie die erste Seite
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...and it is well done, by one of the "Sisterhood." Very engrossing, and goes to show how valuable their contributions were during wartime. They didn't just type and file papers--they were in the thick of it as well as the men. It's about time that their role was given the recognition it deserves!
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Elizabeth McIntosh's book is riveting and incredibly spellbinding. The role women played in the OSS and other spy organizations often times goes unknown and unhearlded. McIntosh, who served in the OSS, carefully and completely chronicles the role of women in this dangerous and life-threatening profession. As I set out to write a fictional screenplay about women spies in WWII, this book serves as a good source of giving me the spirit and flavour of what it was like in the 1940's. My days in Military Intelligence, albeit in the U.S. Army Reserves in the 1970's, was interesting and at times exciting, but nothing like the real cloak and dagger portrait so eloquently painted by Mrs. McIntosh. I have been attempting to contact her to set up an interview, but have been unable to find out where she resides in the Leesburg, VA area. I strongly recommend this wonderful book. It will keep you engaged from the first page to its last. 5 STARS do not give this book the recognition it deserves. Buy it. Read it!
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I have been an avid reader of espionage books for some time. I believe that Elizabeth McIntosh has written an excellent book covering the role of the women involved in the OSS's clandestine operations during WWII. This is an insightful account of how many women (most, if not all the OSS women were well educated, well traveled, and in many cases multilingual) repeatedly endured physical and mental hardships, and risked their lives to help the greater war effort. Unfortunately, the work of Amy Thorpe, Virginia Hall, Maria Gulovich, and others have not been acknowledged until now. I am proud and grateful that these women decided to serve their nation, and only hope others will follow. This book should be an inspiration to any female who wants to serve her country.
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