The Irregulars - Roald Dahl And The British Spy Ring In Wartime
Washington

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During the desperate winter of 1940, as the threat of German invasion hung over Engl&, the British government mounted a massive, secret campaign of propaganda to weaken the isolationist sentiment in America & manipulate the country into entering the war on England's behalf. Under the command of the now legendary INTREPID, the British planted propaganda in American newspapers, covertly influenced radio stations & wire services, & plotted against American corporations doing business with the Third Reich. They also pushed President Roosevelt to create a similar covert intelligence agency in the US, & played a role in the selection of William Donovan as its head. Now for the first time, with great research & reporting, Jennet Conant reveals that the beloved author Roald Dahl was a member of Churchill's infamous dirty tricks squad, & tells the full story of how he was recruited to spy on the Americans during World War II.