The Irregulars: Roald Dahl and the British Spy Ring in Wartime Washington
Author: Jennet Conant
During the desperate winter of 1940, as the threat of German invasion hung over England, the British government mounted a massive, secret campaign of propaganda to weaken the isolationist sentiment in America and manipulate the country into entering the war on England’s behalf. Under the command of the now legendary INTREPID, the British planted propaganda in American news….Read More
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