Donovan, America's Master Spy

by Richard Dunlop

Book Overview

The fascinating biography of the man who laid the foundation for the CIA. One of the most celebrated and highly decorated heroes of World War I, a noted trial lawyer, presidential adviser and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0528811177
• ISBN13: 9780528811173
• Release Date: January 1982
• Publisher: Rand McNally
• Length: 562 Pages
• Weight: 2.58 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Fantastic Biography of a Great American

This book, Donovan: America's Master Spy, is about William Wild Bill Donovan; Medal of Honor recipient while fighting with the famous New York Fighting 69th Irish regiment, Wall St. Lawyer, child of the Irish First Ward in Buffalo, confidant of President Franklin Roosevelt and the man who ran the OSS during World War II that later became the CIA under President Truman. Richard Dunlop worked for Donovan during WWII and was given access to his private papers and spoke with Donovan for hundreds of hours in preparation for writing this biography. Truly a fantastic book about a man whose record of public service is both shadowy and well known; both amazing and hard to believe. This should be required reading for every American. William Donovan is a man who embodies many of the qualities we all should emulate.