The last hero : Wild Bill Donovan : the biography and political experience of Major General William J. Donovan, founder of the OSS and "father" of the CIA, from his personal and secret papers and the diaries of Ruth Donovan

Title
  1. The last hero : Wild Bill Donovan : the biography and political experience of Major General William J. Donovan, founder of the OSS and "father" of the CIA, from his personal and secret papers and the diaries of Ruth Donovan / Anthony Cave Brown.
Published by
  1. New York, N.Y. : Times Books, 1982.
  2. ©1982
Author
  1. Brown, Anthony Cave.

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Description
  1. xx, 891 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
  1. Drawing on Donovan's personal papers and secret archives and on his wife's diaries, this profile depicts the remarkable man who was the most decorated figure in United States history and was the founder of the OSS, forerunner of the CIA.
Subject
  1. Donovan, William J. 1883-1959
  2. Donovan, William J
  3. USA Central Intelligence Agency
  4. Geschichte
  5. Intelligence officers > United States > Biography
  6. Intelligence officers
  7. United States
Genre/Form
  1. Biography
  2. Biographies.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Note
  1. Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  1. Bibliography: p. [836]-837.