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	• Sisterhood of Spies Elizabeth Mcintosh Dell, 1999 - 384 pages average customer review:based on 13 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Siterhood of Spies

Wow! a blockbuster. Women have been used and perused for years. It is good to see that someone acknowledges that.

Very informative

This book was an easy read, with all the background into the beginnings of the OSS. I was amazed to find out what a large role women played in the OSS, was shocked actually. Some of the stories are pretty gripping knowing what kind of danger the people were in. If you love to find out little known history this book is for you.

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Great Book

Well written, with both serious and funny anecdotes about WWII. It's nice to see women's contributions so well documented. Brings home the fact that the war could not have been won without the help of the "invisible women" behind the scenes who filed the papers, answered the phones, typed up reports, etc. Not to mention the women who were spying behind enemy lines and thinking up propaganda strategies. It reminds us that women also willingly died for our country during WWII. For anyone who wants to learn more about the intelligent and courageous women of the O.S.S., I highly recommend this book.

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Great Read and Great People

This wonderful books reveals a side to the spy wtory that is at best undertold. The women who cracked codes, recruited contacts and worked undercover are an important part of our history. Their secret, hidden but heroric actions shows the skill and bravery with shich they undertook they assignments. Great reading and important lessons.

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Sisterhood of Spies is a real-life James Bond story, double-X chromosome-style. Here, though, the heroines aren't sex kittens in black spandex, but rather upper-crust women risking their lives in the service of a country at war. Elizabeth P. McIntosh was a reporter in Hawaii when the Office of Strategic Services (the C.I.A.'s precursor) recruited her to aid in its campaign of wartime disinformation. Fifty-five years later, she's taken it upon herself to tell the story of the women who served with her undercover--some of whom have also achieved aboveground celebrity, such as Marlene Dietrich and Julia Child. The narratives contained in Sisterhood of Spies couldn't be any more gripping if they were written as fiction: Nazi interrogation ordeals, daring escapes across mountain passes, expeditions behind enemy lines, even Mata Hari-style affairs. Ms. McIntosh's book is a fond ode to these women and a bravery that has remained unsung too long.

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