Richly detailed and meticulously researched, Conant's compelling narrative draws on never-before-seen wartime letters, diaries, and interviews and provides a rare, and remarkably candid, insider's view of the counterintelligence game during the tumultuous days of World War II. Richly detailed and carefully researched, Conants masterful narrative is based on never-before-seen wartime letters, diaries, and interviews. It is an extraordinary tale of deceit, double-dealing, and moral ambiguity - all in the name of victory. Better than any spy fiction, The Irregulars is a fascinating, lively account of deceit, double dealing, and moral ambiguityall in the name of victory. He and his colorful co-conspirators gossiped, bugged, and bungled their way across Washington, doing their best to carry out their cloak-and-dagger assignments, support the fledgling American intelligence agency, and see that Roosevelt was elected to an unprecedented fourth term. In an account better suited to a work of spy fiction, Jennet Conant shows Dahl progressing from reluctant diplomat to sly man-about-town. Dahl would soon be caught up in a web of deception masterminded by Intrepid, Churchill's legendary spy chief. When Roald Dahl, a dashing young ex-RAF pilot, took up his post at the British Embassy in Washington, his assignment was to use his good looks, wit, and considerable charm to gain access to the most powerful figures in American political life.
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