عنوان

Classical spies :

شابک

0472117696

شابک

9780472117697

شماره

dltt

عنوان اصلي

Classical spies :

نام عام مواد

[Book]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

American archaeologists with the OSS in World War II Greece /

نام نخستين پديدآور

Susan Heuck Allen

نام خاص و کميت اثر

xiii, 430 pages :

ساير جزييات

illustrations, maps,

ابعاد

24 cm

متن يادداشت

Includes bibliographical references and index

متن يادداشت

"Classical Spies will be a lasting contribution to the discipline and will stimulate further research. Susan Heuck Allen presents to a wide readership a topic of interest that is important and has been neglected." -William M. Calder III, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Classical Spies is the first insiders' account of the operations of the American intelligence service in World War II Greece. Initiated by archaeologists in Greece and the eastern Mediterranean, the network drew on scholars' personal contacts and knowledge of languages and terrain. While modern readers might think Indiana Jones is just a fantasy character, Classical Spies discloses events where even Indy would feel at home: burying Athenian dig records in an Egyptian tomb, activating prep-school connections to establish spies code-named Vulture and Chickadee, and organizing parachute drops.Susan Heuck Allen reveals remarkable details about a remarkable group of individuals. Often mistaken for mild-mannered professors and scholars, such archaeologists as Princeton's Rodney Young, Cincinnati's Jack Caskey and Carl Blegen, Yale's Jerry Sperling and Dorothy Cox, and Bryn Mawr's Virginia Grace proved their mettle as effective spies in an intriguing game of cat and mouse with their Nazi counterparts. Relying on interviews with individuals sharing their stories for the first time, previously unpublished secret documents, private diaries and letters, and personal photographs, Classical Spies offers an exciting and personal perspective on the history of World War II"--Provided by publisher

موضوع مستند نشده

United States.

موضوع مستند نشده

Archaeologists-- Greece-- History-- 20th century

موضوع مستند نشده

Archaeologists-- United States-- History-- 20th century

موضوع مستند نشده

Espionage-- Greece-- History-- 20th century

موضوع مستند نشده

Spies-- Greece-- History-- 20th century

موضوع مستند نشده

World War, 1939-1945-- Secret service-- Greece

موضوع مستند نشده

World War, 1939-1945-- Secret service-- United States

شماره

ويراست

شماره رده

نشانه اثر

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Allen, Susan Heuck,1952-

تاريخ عمليات

20120224000000.0

قواعد فهرست نويسي ( بخش توصيفي )

rda

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Book]

تكميل شده

Y