03050cam a2200397 i 4500 1567095211 TxAuBib 20241003120000.0 240418s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2024013142 9780063280847 HRD 30.00 0063280841 HRD 30.00 TxAuBib rda Graham, Elyse, 1985-, author. Book and dagger [BOOK] : how scholars and librarians became the unlikely spies of World War II / Elyse Graham. First edition. New York : Ecco, 2024. xxi, 376 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. The Spy Who Came in from the Carrel -- A Girl's Guide to Burglary -- Through the Looking Glass -- Too Clever to Be Trapped by a Woman -- Breaking Codes and Reading Trash -- The Dirtiest Work That Can Possibly Be Imagined -- Surrender on Demand -- The Longest Day -- Lies and Damned Lies -- Searching for a New Plot. "At the start of WWII, the U.S. found itself in desperate need of an intelligence agency. The Office of Strategic Services (OSS), a precursor to today’s CIA, was quickly formed—and, in an effort to fill its ranks with experts, the OSS turned to academia for recruits. Suddenly, literature professors, librarians, and historians were training to perform undercover operations and investigative work—and these surprising spies would go on to profoundly shape both the course of the war and our cultural institutions with their efforts. In Book and Dagger, Elyse Graham draws on personal histories, letters, and declassified OSS files to tell the story of a small but connected group of humanities scholars turned spies. Among them are Joseph Curtiss, a literature professor who hunted down German spies and turned them into double agents; Sherman Kent, a smart-mouthed history professor who rose to become the head of analysis for all of Europe and Africa; and Adele Kibre, an archivist who was sent to Stockholm to secretly acquire documents for the OSS. These unforgettable characters would ultimately help lay the foundations of modern intelligence and transform American higher education when they returned after the war.". 20241003. Curtiss, Joseph T 1901-1992. Kibre, Adele. Kent, Sherman. United States Office of Strategic Services Officials and employees Biography. Spies Recruiting United States History 20th century. World War, 1939-1945 Secret service United States. World War, 1939-1945 Secret service Europe. Espionage, American History 20th century. College teachers United States Biography. Librarians United States Biography.