Propaganda Girls
The Secret War of the Women in the OSS
Lisa Rogak
- The
- incredible
- untold
- story
- of
- four
- women
- who
- spun
- the
- web
- of
- deception
- that
- helped
- win
- World
- War
- II**.**Betty
- MacDonald
- was
- a
- 28-year-old
- reporter
- from
- Hawaii.
- Zuzka
- Lauwers
- grew
- up
- in
- a
- tiny
- Czechoslovakian
- village
- and
- knew
- five
- languages
- by
- the
- time
- she
- was
- 21.
- Jane
- Smith-Hutton
- was
- the
- wife
- of
- a
- naval
- attaché
- living
- in
- Tokyo.
- Marlene
- Dietrich,
- the
- German-American
- actress
- and
- singer,
- was
- of
- course
- one
- of
- the
- biggest
- stars
- of
- the
- 20th
- century.
- These
- four
- women,
- each
- fascinating
- in
- her
- own
- right,
- together
- contributed
- to
- one
- of
- the
- most
- covert
- and
- successful
- military
- campaigns
- in
- WWII.As
- members
- of
- the
- OSS,
- their
- task
- was
- to
- create
- a
- secret
- brand
- of
- propaganda
- produced
- with
- the
- sole
- aim
- to
- break
- the
- morale
- of
- Axis
- soldiers.
- Working
- in
- the
- European
- theater,
- across
- enemy
- lines
- in
- occupied
- China,
- and
- in
- Washington,
- D.C.,
- Betty,
- Zuzka,
- Jane,
- and
- Marlene
- forged
- letters
- and
- “official”
- military
- orders,
- wrote
- and
- produced
- entire
- newspapers,
- scripted
- radio
- broadcasts
- and
- songs,
- and
- even
- developed
- rumors
- for
- undercover
- spies
- and
- double
- agents
- to
- spread
- to
- the
- enemy.
- And
- outside
- of
- a
- small
- group
- of
- spies,
- no
- one
- knew
- they
- existed.
- Until
- now.In
- Propaganda
- Girls,
- bestselling
- author
- Lisa
- Rogak
- brings
- to
- vivid
- life
- the
- incredible
- true
- story
- of
- four
- unsung
- heroes,
- whose
- spellbinding
- achievements
- would
- change
- the
- course
- of history.
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