Editorial Reviews
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"A thrilling look into the work of the first central secret service of the U.S." -- Stuttgarter Nachrichten (of the German edition)
"This excellent book...is well translated and boasts impressive research....a fine job of telling the OSS story." -- Library Journal
"[Mauch] offers valuable information concerning the 'Sauerkrauts,' German POWs who volunteered to infiltrate German lines to spread defeatism among Wehrmacht units and the SS formations in northern Italy. This is a valuable addition for graduate students and professionals in the field. Recommended." -- Choice
"[Mauch] succeeds in transforming his meticulous archival research into a readable and thought provoking monograph. This volume will provide significant new data for scholars and laymen alike on the OSS and its 'shadow war' against the Nazis." -- Jewish Book World
"A valuable contribution to an understanding of the postwar world." -- Freie Universitat Berlin, Journal of Military History
"Christof Mauch's book... is a brilliant volume that expertly chronicles the epic saga of the OSS's robust intelligence warfare against the Third Reich, with vivid narratives and critical analysis skillfully intermingled throughout the text... This is a must read for anyone who studies America's war against Nazi Germany." -- Maochun Yu, United States Naval Academy, American Historical Review
"The most authoritative single volume on the subject... Mauch brilliantly integrates both the research/analytical as well as operational histories of the OSS." -- Rorin M. Platt, American Diplomacy.org
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"The product of a very careful examination of recently declassified OSS records combined with... extensive interviewing of participants in the events. It will, therefore, serve for years as the most reliable study of the work of the OSS as an organization and its work against Germany in World War II." -- Gerhard L. Weinberg, www.intelligence-history.org
"Christof Mauch presents a vivid account of OSS's activities and a balanced assessment of its achievements, highlighting penetrating analysis of Nazi economic vulnerabilities. Drawing upon a wide range of archival sources and interviews, this book is essential reading for students of intelligence and of World War II generally." -- Richard Breitman, American University
"A comprehensive, very well researched and flawless account of the U.S. secret intelligence operations in the war against Nazi Germany.... A significant contribution to the field." -- Klemens von Klemperer, author of German Resistance Against Hitler: The Search for Allies Abroad, 1938-1945
"Christof Mauch is one of the world's experts on what US wartime intelligence knew about Hitler and Nazi Germany. This book is an essential resource for students of the secret dimension of World War II." -- Timothy Naftali, University of Virginia
The Shadow War Against Hitler : The Covert Operations of America's Wartime Secret Intelligence Service
The Shadow War Against Hitler: The Covert Operations of America's Wartime Secret Intelligence Service,Christof Mauch,Jeremiah Riemer,Columbia University Press,0231120451,History,History - Military / War,Holocaust,Military,Military - Intelligence/Espionage,Military - United States,Military - World War II,History / Europe / General
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