A review by cindie
Book and Dagger: How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II by Elyse Graham

adventurous informative medium-paced

4.0

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.