Book and Dagger: How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II

Book and Dagger: How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II

The riveting, untold story of the scholars, librarians, and university professors who were recruited as spies during WWII and helped turn the tide of the war

At the start of WWII, the US found itself i…

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