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Memoirs and diaries open doors to the past. I cherish this obscure book because it is by a man who sat in the wheelhouse of American intelligence in wartime Washington. He was both insiderāpart of the ruling eliteāand outsiderāan independent westerner. Rogers was a perceptive observer who religiously recorded events and impressions as they occurred, which makes this book even more valuable. He lets the reader feel what it was like in the nationās capital, and doesnāt spare the high and mighty when they transgress the bounds of common sense. The descriptions of the OSS leadership alone are worth theā¦
From Nicholas' list on citizen spies building American intelligence in WWII.
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