The irregulars : Roald Dahl and the British spy ring in wartime Washington

Resource Information

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Label

The irregulars : Roald Dahl and the British spy ring in wartime Washington

Title remainder

Roald Dahl and the British spy ring in wartime Washington

Statement of responsibility

Jennet Conant

Creator

• Conant, Jennet

Subject

• Dahl, Roald
• Dahl, Roald -- Career in espionage
• Espionage
• Great Britain
• Great Britain, British Security Coordination
• Great Britain, British Security Coordination
• Propaganda
• 1939-1945
• Propaganda, British -- United States
• Secret service
• United States
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Propaganda
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Great Britain
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- United States
• Propaganda, British

Language

eng

Summary

Conant tells the story of young writer Roald Dahl who is assigned by His Majesty's Government to Washington, D.C. as a diplomat to gather intelligence about America's isolationist circles. In the course of his "spying, " he meets or works closely with David Ogilvy, Ian Fleming, and the great spymaster William Stephenson (aka Intrepid)

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

940.54/86410973

Illustrations

• illustrations
• plates

Index

index present

LC call number

D810.S8

LC item number

D234 2008

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography