CLOAK & GOWN

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An intricate examination of both CIA and its forerunner, the OSS. With a particular focus on the historical recruitment of scholars into the ranks of these clandestine organisations. WWII operations in the European theatre by the OSS. Art looted by Nazis became American war booty and was subsequently shipped Stateside. The destruction of Europe’s enormous library collections. Post-war transformation of OSS into the CIA in 1947. Commander Roscoe Hillenkoetter. Donald Downes. James Jesus Angleton. Kim Philby. The Albanian operation. A CIA preference for Yale graduates. Skull and Bones. The establishment of area studies within US universities. Anti-communist front organisations supported with CIA funds. The Great Game now played without any rules at all. An extensively researched and highly detailed survey. Non-fiction. 483 pages.

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Title: Cloak and gown. Scholars in America’s secret war

Year: 1987

Author: Robin Winks

Pages: 483

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Book Review by Keith Salter

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