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The CASSIA spy ring in world war II Austria : a history of the OSS's Maier-Messner group / C. Turner.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Turner, C., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Austria--History.
- Austria.
- United States. Office of Strategic Services.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (242 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers, 2017.
- Summary:
- " This first full-length account of CASSIA describes its contributions to the Allied war effort--including reports on the V-2 missile, Nazi death camps and advanced combat aircraft and tanks--before a catastrophic intelligence failure sent key members to the guillotine, firing squad or gas chamber"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Part I. The communion of nightfall
- The student
- The priest
- The communist
- The musician
- Part II. The confession of splinters
- The merchant
- Intelligence esoterica; a brief analysis of intelligence reporting on Peenemünde
- The forester
- The associate
- The middleman
- The handler
- Intelligence esoterica; a closer look at CASSIA's intelligence reporting
- The snitch
- The policeman
- The soldiers
- Part III. The eulogy of triumph
- The professional
- The mole
- The arrests
- Intelligence esoterica: analysis of the order of arrests
- The hotel and the prison
- The interrogations
- The executions
- The opposition
- The survivors
- The actor and the architect
- Part IV. The benediction of tragedy
- Operational analysis: CASSIA
- Operational analysis: OSS
- The coda.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 17, 2017).
- ISBN:
- 1-4766-2991-9
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