With a sharp eye and wry wit, Roger Hall recounts his experiences as an Army officer assigned to the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) officer during World War II. First published in 1957 to critical and popular acclaim, his book has become a cult favorite in intelligence circles. The story follows the author from bored junior officer fleeing a tedious training assignment in Louisiana through the quirky and rigorous OSS training rituals in the United States, England, and Scotland. After quickly learning the skills ...
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With a sharp eye and wry wit, Roger Hall recounts his experiences as an Army officer assigned to the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) officer during World War II. First published in 1957 to critical and popular acclaim, his book has become a cult favorite in intelligence circles. The story follows the author from bored junior officer fleeing a tedious training assignment in Louisiana through the quirky and rigorous OSS training rituals in the United States, England, and Scotland. After quickly learning the skills necessary for behind-the-lines intelligence work, he eventually became an expert instructor. But deemed too much of an iconoclast, he was only reluctantly given operational duties. His first parachute jump in support of the French resistance terminated prematurely in a comedy of errors. Hall's droll story-telling style and descriptions of the unforgettable personalities he encountered unite to create one of the funniest and most perceptive books ever written about life in the OSS. Roger Hall, a free-lance writer and editor, lives in Delaware.
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Add this copy of You're Stepping on My Cloak and Dagger to cart. $18.00, very good condition, Sold by River House Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from San Antonio, TX, UNITED STATES, published 2004 by US Naval Institute Press.
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Very good. No dust jacket. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 220 p. Bluejacket Books. Audience: General/trade. Trade Paperback 219 pages. Condition Very Good Issued with NO Dust Jacket. Bluejacket Press first edition Eleventh printing 2004 with corresponding number line. Striking illustrated wraps on this tight and sound copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book has slight shelf wear with bumped corners, wrinkles in cover and a few dog-eared pages. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy. With a sharp eye and wry wit, Roger Hall recounts here his experiences as an American Army officer assigned to the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during World War II. First published in 1957 to critical and popular acclaim, his memoir has become a cult favorite in intelligence circles. He chronicles his experiences from his time as a junior officer fleeing a tedious training assignment in Louisiana to his rigorous OSS training rituals in the United States, England, and Scotland for its Special Operations unit. Quick to pick up on the skills necessary for behind-the-lines intelligence work, Hall became an expert instructor, but was only reluctantly given operational duties because of his reputation as an iconoclast. In his droll storytelling style, Hall describes his first parachute jump in support of the French resistance as a comedy of errors that terminated prematurely. His last assignment in the war zone came when then Capt. William Colby, the future head of the CIA, handpicked him to lead the second section of a Norwegian special operations group into Norway via Sweden.
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Very good. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 220 p. Bluejacket Books. Audience: General/trade. #56 Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. Lite wear to cover/edges. Text appears clean but may have marks/highlites. No loose pages
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I have had this book for over 30 years, and it is still the most realistic picture of wartime military intelligence I have ever read. Anyone who has been there and done it will recognize at least one scene from Hall's book. Lt. Hall's one-man invasion of France alone is worth the price of admission. And, I was there for the psywar briefing, just a different war. And, more's the pity, no celluloid.
An intelligence classic
