{"product_id":"classical-spies-susan-heuck-allen-9780472117697","title":"Classical Spies: American Archaeologists with the OSS in World War II Greece","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Classical Spies\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\" \u003cbr\u003e--William M. Calder III, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eClassical Spies\u003c\/i\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eClassical Spies \u003c\/i\u003ediscloses\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eevents 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSusan Heuck Allen reveals remarkable details about a remarkable group of individuals. Often mistaken for mild-mannered professors and scholars, such archaeologists as University of Pennsylvania'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 Relying on interviews with individuals sharing their stories for the first time, previously unpublished secret documents, private diaries and letters, and personal photographs, \u003ci\u003eClassical Spies \u003c\/i\u003eoffers an exciting and personal perspective on the history of World War II.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Susan Heuck Allen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0472117696\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780472117697\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Michigan Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/05\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.40w x 1.70d","brand":"Susan Heuck Allen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48064992477439,"sku":"9780472117697","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c067c6ea-1965-40a4-b16c-6f0855612470.jpg?v=1768672416","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/classical-spies-susan-heuck-allen-9780472117697","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}