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Book Title: OSS
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Intended Audience: Adults
Modified Item: No
Subject: History
Vintage: No
Publication Year: 2005
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Era: 1940s
Author: John, Richard H Smith
Features: Dust Jacket, Illustrated
Genre: Biographies & True Stories, History, Military, War & Combat
Topic: Espionage, Military History, True Military Stories, World War II, Spy, CIA
Subjects: History & Military