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Double Crossed: The Missionaries Who Spied for the United States During the Second World War (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780465052660)
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xThe untold story of the Christian missionaries who played a crucial role in the allied victory in World War II
What makes a good missionary makes a good spy. Or so thought "Wild" Bill Donovan when he secretly recruited a team of religious activists for the Office of Strategic Services. They entered into a world of lies, deception, and murder, confident that their nefarious deeds would eventually help them expand the kingdom of God.
In Double Crossed, historian Matthew Avery Sutton tells the extraordinary story of the entwined roles of spy-craft and faith in a world at war. Missionaries, priests, and rabbis, acutely aware of how their actions seemingly conflicted with their spiritual calling, carried out covert operations, bombings, and assassinations within the centers of global religious power, including Mecca, the Vatican, and Palestine. Working for eternal rewards rather than temporal spoils, these loyal secret soldiers proved willing to sacrifice and even to die for Franklin Roosevelt's crusade for global freedom of religion. Chosen for their intelligence, powers of persuasion, and ability to seamlessly blend into different environments, Donovan's recruits included people like John Birch, who led guerilla attacks against the Japanese, William Eddy, who laid the groundwork for the Allied invasion of North Africa, and Stewart Herman, who dropped lone-wolf agents into Nazi Germany. After securing victory, those who survived helped establish the CIA, ensuring that religion continued to influence American foreign policy.
Surprising and absorbing at every turn, Double Crossed is the untold story of World War II espionage and a profound account of the compromises and doubts that war forces on those who wage it.
Author: Matthew Avery Sutton
ISBN-10: 0465052665
ISBN-13: 9780465052660
Publisher: Basic Books
Language: English
Published: 09/24/2019
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.30w x 1.40d
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/01/2019
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2019
Booklist 08/01/2019 pg. 18
Library Journal 09/01/2019 pg. 83
What makes a good missionary makes a good spy. Or so thought "Wild" Bill Donovan when he secretly recruited a team of religious activists for the Office of Strategic Services. They entered into a world of lies, deception, and murder, confident that their nefarious deeds would eventually help them expand the kingdom of God.
In Double Crossed, historian Matthew Avery Sutton tells the extraordinary story of the entwined roles of spy-craft and faith in a world at war. Missionaries, priests, and rabbis, acutely aware of how their actions seemingly conflicted with their spiritual calling, carried out covert operations, bombings, and assassinations within the centers of global religious power, including Mecca, the Vatican, and Palestine. Working for eternal rewards rather than temporal spoils, these loyal secret soldiers proved willing to sacrifice and even to die for Franklin Roosevelt's crusade for global freedom of religion. Chosen for their intelligence, powers of persuasion, and ability to seamlessly blend into different environments, Donovan's recruits included people like John Birch, who led guerilla attacks against the Japanese, William Eddy, who laid the groundwork for the Allied invasion of North Africa, and Stewart Herman, who dropped lone-wolf agents into Nazi Germany. After securing victory, those who survived helped establish the CIA, ensuring that religion continued to influence American foreign policy.
Surprising and absorbing at every turn, Double Crossed is the untold story of World War II espionage and a profound account of the compromises and doubts that war forces on those who wage it.
Author: Matthew Avery Sutton
ISBN-10: 0465052665
ISBN-13: 9780465052660
Publisher: Basic Books
Language: English
Published: 09/24/2019
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.30w x 1.40d
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/01/2019
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2019
Booklist 08/01/2019 pg. 18
Library Journal 09/01/2019 pg. 83
By Matthew Avery Sutton
xMatthew Avery Sutton is Edward R. Meyer distinguished professor of history at Washington State University. The author of award-winning books, including American Apocalypse, he lives in Pullman, Washington.
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