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Book and Dagger: How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II

Elyse Graham

3.96 AVERAGE

pazley's review against another edition

5.0

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Loved it

bendeet0's review

5.0

informative medium-paced

alliegator31's review

3.0

slow-paced

lindsebelleas's review against another edition

3.5

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matteucciodaperugia's review

4.25

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4.5

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cbroderick226's review against another edition

4.0

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jtasker's review

2.5

informative medium-paced

rdlankes's review

5.0

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cindie's review

4.0

adventurous informative medium-paced

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As a history buff and wannabe scholar, I was intrigued by the premise of this book and really enjoyed it. Quiet academic types who are thorough, critical thinkers were great intelligence gatherers for a burgeoning intelligence operation for the US during WWII. Graham focuses on a few “main” characters to weave the pieces together, but also addressed more generally the impact that professors and librarians had on the war effort. Some of the pithy sayings got a bit repetitive at times (“you can have a weapon or a cover, but not both”), but overall a quick, engaging read to add to the repertoire of WWII history books.