A review by nicoleme1212
Operatives, Spies, and Saboteurs: The Unknown Story of the Men and Women of World War II's OSS by Patrick K. O'Donnell

1.0

As a history piece, it does a good job of staying true to its source material and incorporating in primary sources. However, as a book that is supposed to tell the stories of the people and organizations it features, it does a poor job of truly bringing out the importance of each event. It's bogged down by large block quotes that prevent the book itself from being an interesting read. Instead of writing in his own words what occurred in each event, the author appears to have decided to let the quotes do the talking, which can be very tedious, especially where the original speakers may be poor orators themselves.
Overall, it's a good history source, but with awful pacing and creativity.