Donovan: America's Master Spy

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Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Prologue; Part One: The Making of a Hero 1883-1918; 1 The Boy from the Irish First Ward; 2 Donovan the Young Lawyer; 3 Relief Mission to Europe; 4 Joining Up with the Fighting 69th; 5 Rehearsal for War; 6 A Wood Called Rouge Bouquet; 7 Taking Hell with Bayonets; 8 Wild Bill Leads the Charge; 9 The Men We Left Behind; Part Two: The President's "Secret Legs" 1919-1941; 10 Siberian Adventure; 11 Fact-Finding in Europe; 12 Racket-Busting DA; 13 With the Department of Justice; 14 The Parade Passes By.;One of the most celebrated and highly decorated heroes of World War I, a noted trial lawyer, presidential adviser and emissary, and chief of America's Office of Strategic Services during World War II, William J. Donovan was a legendary figure. Donovan, originally published in 1982, penetrates the cloak of secrecy surrounding this remarkable man. During the dark days of World War II,?Wild Bill" Donovan, more than any other person, was responsible for what William Stevenson, author of A Man Called Intrepid, described as?the astonishing success with which the Unite. Front Cover Title Page Copyright Page Contents Foreword Preface Prologue Part One: The Making of a Hero 1883-1918 1 The Boy from the Irish First Ward 2 Donovan the Young Lawyer 3 Relief Mission to Europe 4 Joining Up with the Fighting 69th 5 Rehearsal for War 6 A Wood Called Rouge Bouquet 7 Taking Hell with Bayonets 8 Wild Bill Leads the Charge 9 The Men We Left Behind Part Two: The President's "Secret Legs" 1919-1941 10 Siberian Adventure 11 Fact-Finding in Europe 12 Racket-Busting DA 13 With the Department of Justice 14 The Parade Passes By. 15 Politics and Foreign Affairs16 The Unfolding Crisis 17 Contagion of War 18 Confidential Mission to Britain 19 Back Door to the White House 20 Fifty-Trip Ticket on the Clippers 21 Playing for Time 22 Mediterranean Intrigue 23 The Intelligence Proposal Part Three: Wartime Spymaster 1941-1945 24 Donovan's Brain Trust 25 COI Sets Up Shop 26 Conducting Ungentlemanly Warfare 27 OSS Goes to War 28 Prelude to Torch 29 Professor Moriarty Joins the OSS 30 Partners with the Resistance 31 Tangled Webs 32 Behind Enemy Lines 33 "The Wine Is Red" 34 Preparing for the Peace. 35 End of an ExperimentPart Four: The Cold War Years 1945-1959 36 Bringing the Nazis to Trial 37 Donovan's Last Missions Acknowledgments and Chapter Notes Bibliography.