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William J. Donovan

(Donovan, William J. (William Joseph), 1883-1959)

William Joseph "Wild Bill" Donovan (January 1, 1883 – February 8, 1959) was an American soldier, lawyer, intelligence officer and diplomat. He is best known for serving as the head of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), the precursor to the Bureau of Intelligence and Research and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), during World War II. He is regarded as the founding father of the CIA, and a statue of him stands in the lobby of the CIA headquarters building in Langley, Virginia. (From Wikipedia)

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2 additional books about William J. Donovan in the extended shelves:

Donovan and the CIA : a history of the establishment of the Central Intelligence Agency (Central Intelligence Agency, Center for the Study of Intelligence, 1981), by Thomas F. Troy (page images at HathiTrust)
Donovan and the CIA : a history of the establishment of the Central Intelligence Agency (Central Intelligence Agency, Center for the Study of Intelligence, 1981), by Thomas F Troy and Center for the Study of Intelligence (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)

Books by William J. Donovan:

Donovan, William J. (William Joseph), 1883-1959: Fifth Column Lessons for America (Washington: American Council on Public Affairs, 1940), also by Edgar Ansel Mowrer, contrib. by Frank Knox (page images at HathiTrust)
Donovan, William J. (William Joseph), 1883-1959, contrib.: Know Your Enemy (Dallas: Banks Upshaw and Co., c1952), by Delia S. Mares (multiple formats at archive.org)

Additional books by William J. Donovan in the extended shelves:

Donovan, William J. (William Joseph), 1883-1959: Retrospect and forecast in radio education (The University of Chicago Press, 1936), also by Levering Tyson (page images at HathiTrust)
Donovan, William J. (William Joseph), 1883-1959: Samuel F. Rathbun, as executor of the estate of William E. Humphrey, deceased, vs. the United States. On certificate from the Court of Claims. (B.S. Adams, 1935), also by Samuel F. Rathbun and United States (page images at HathiTrust)

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