The Saboteurs (Men at War)
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Rating | : | 4.72 (891 Votes) |
Asin | : | 0143058665 |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 459 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2015-12-02 |
Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Abridged CDs - 8 CDs, 9 hours. The welcome, all-new return of Griffin's New York Times-bestselling series about the OSS in World War II
"Wild Bill" Donovan; and OSS agent Maj. The German saboteurs are eventually dealt with, but the behind-the-lines Sicilian operation led by Canidy is only hastily outlined after a long buildup. William J. One supposes that the Sicilian story that's promised but never delivered will appear in future installments. All rights reserved. From Publishers Weekly Bestseller Griffin and his son, Butterworth, resuscitate Griffin's Men at War series, first published in paperback during the 1980s under the pseudonym Alex Baldwin and featuring the Office of Strategic Services; its fabled chief, Col. The authors are heavily invested in their research, meticulously describing almost every element of life in the 1940s, to the detriment of the action. This is pretty much all show and no go, but readers who have a strong interest in WWII home-front history should be satisfied. Canidy. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. Tw
This one is just about the best so far of the series JH in Cedar Creek, TX I've been reading Griffin for many years; I just realized this series was available on kindle and I am working through the series. This one is just about the best so far of the series. Yes, the writing is a bit hackneyed - it's brain candy. But the story, even as improbable as it is,moves quickly and keeps your interest. This series started several years ago under a. Roberta Williams said DURING WAR- BETTER THE DEVIL YOU KNOW THAN THE STRANGER YOU DON'T .the enemy of my enemy isn't always a friend. As I read this book, it seemed like the general theme was the fight between the OSS and the FBI, rather than about Sabateurs. A good part of the story centered on the connections between the Mafia and the FBI and the Mafia's connection to the Mediterranean which would be important in the next book about Double Agents, but a great deal of that story was background an. "Saboteured by Detriments" according to William Lotz. This novel is a story about the O S S (Office of Strategic Services (predecessor to the C I A) and one of its most important agents, U S Army Major Richard Canidy who, with various O S S associates,the FBI and members of the Mafia, travel over most of Europe and the U. S. on missions to find and kill or capture spies and saboteurs early in WWII.Were it not for the m