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Mirror Image of OSS Inspires Cia Tale
Roger Jellinek reviews R Harris Smith's The Secret History of America's First Central Intelligence Agency. The book portrays OSS exploits from 1941 to its 1947 CIA transformation, highlighting agents like Julia Child and Ralph Bunche, OSS ties to China and Indochina, and Smith's claim that CIA defended liberal values while challenging McCarthy.
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Roger Jellinek
New York Times Oss
America
Central Intelligence Agency
R. Harris Smith
University of California Press
Ian Fleming
William
Wild Bill) Donovan
Donovan
Wall Street
Roosevelt
Office of Strategic Services
James Bonds
John Birch
Norman O. Brown
David K. E. Bruce
Ralph J. Bunche
William Bundy
Michael Burke
Julia Child
Clark Clifford
John Kenneth Galbraith
John W. Gardner
Arthur J. Goldberg Smith
University of California
Smith
OSS
China
Indochina
Laos
Vietnam
CIA
Oss-Cia
Sen
Joseph R. McCarthy