Need to Know av Nicholas Reynolds

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<p><strong>A <em>New Yorker "</em>Best Books of 2022" selection</strong></p><p><strong>“<em>Need to Know</em> is the most thorough and detailed history available on the origins of U.S. intelligence.” —Michael Morell, former Deputy Director and Acting Director, CIA</strong></p><p><strong>Historian and former CIA officer Nicholas Reynolds, the <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author of <em>Writer, Sailor, Soldier, Spy,</em> uncovers the definitive history of American intelligence during World War II, illuminating its key role in securing victory and its astonishing growth from practically nothing at the start of the war. </strong></p><p>The entire vast, modern American intelligence system—the amalgam of three-letter spy services of many stripes—can be traced back to the dire straits the world faced at the dawn of World War II. Prior to 1940, the United States had no organization to recruit spies and steal secrets or launch covert