Why would you be interested in an insurance policy wax those files often contain the blueprint of the buildings he insured. Allied air forces have the blueprints particularly useful when theyre trying to figure out how to bomb the structures. In november 1942 just after the allies invasion of north africa, dulles slipped into switzerland with orders from donovan to penetrate nazi germany. In burnie set up what amounted to a mini cia running espionage operations funding guerrilla missions in occupied france and italy and inundating washington with Foreign Policy advice. Most of it unsolicited. They were not interested. For his step dulles recruited a handful of americans living in switzerland. One of them was married bankrupt, and american socialite who eventually became his mistress. He had scores of informants on his payroll. Many of them turned out to be professional snitches who often passed the same sequence to the germans in the morning, british in the afternoon and to dulles in t
Newsweek and time he covered the pentagon, congress, the state department, the white house, and the cia. His breath books include wild bill donovan a question of royalty. Other piography of billy mitch, our air warriors about navy pilots, and commandos, a subject of americas secret soldiers. Run review says wallace keeps the interest high and the pages turning please welcome douglas waller. [applause] thanks, helen. Its good to be back at quail ridge. I spoke here about three years ago, on the wild bill donovan biography, and we moved down to raleigh, North Carolina, from washington, dc, these years ago. So this is my home now, and quail ridge is my neighborhood book store. And you really should feel lucky that you have a book store like quail ridge here. This is independent book stores like quail ridge are really National Treasures we all should cherish. So lets talk about disciples. After i published my biography of general william wild bill donovan, four years ago, i had a tough tim
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Youre from the Foundation Board so we can recognize you and thank you for your support of this great series. Thank you so much. Thank you once again, we extend our gratitude to the late Jerry Rosenblum, in whose memory. We are presenting the program and the hollywood versus history series. Its this uh, its its Jerry Rosenblum whos made this possible by a generous gift his estate tonight, military Historian Brian steed of, the Army Commanding general staff, college we have a special installment of the series its a little broader in scope looking at hollywood filmmaking during World War Two and its role in shaping nations response to and support of the war. Brian will, take a particularly close look at the best years of our lives, a seminal film released a year, the war that successfully departed from the flag waving norm. It earned eight Academy Awards, including oscar for best picture. Brian steed is an professor of military history at the commanded general staff college, where he sinc
And general staff, College Foundation Board Members here. Well, would you please stand if youre from the Foundation Board so we can recognize you and thank you for your support of this great series. Thank you so much. Thank you once again, we extend our gratitude to the late Jerry Rosenblum, in whose memory. We are presenting the program and the hollywood versus history series. Its this uh, its its Jerry Rosenblum whos made this possible by a generous gift his estate tonight, military Historian Brian steed of, the Army Commanding general staff, college we have a special installment of the series its a little broader in scope looking at hollywood filmmaking during World War Two and its role in shaping nations response to and support of the war. Brian will, take a particularly close look at the best years of our lives, a seminal film released a year, the war that successfully departed from the flag waving norm. It earned eight Academy Awards, including oscar for best picture. Brian steed