BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: HISTORICAL, POLITICAL & MILITARY. The fascinating biography of the man who laid the foundation for the CIA. One of the most celebrated and highly decorated heroes of World War I, a noted trial lawyer, presidential adviser and emissary, and chief of America's Office of Strategic Services during World War II, William J. Donovan was a legendary figure. "Donovan," originally published in 1982, penetrates the cloak of secrecy surrounding this remarkable man. During the dark days of World War II, "Wild Bill" Donovan, more than any other person, was responsible for what William Stevenson, author of "A Man Called Intrepid," described as "the astonishing success with which the United States entered secret warfare and accomplished in less than four years what it took England many centuries to develop.

Machine generated contents note: pt. One The Making of a Hero 1883--1918 -- 1. The Boy from the Irish First Ward -- 2. Donovan the Young Lawyer -- 3. Relief Mission to Europe -- 4. Joining Up with the Fighting 69th -- 5. Rehearsal for War -- 6.A Wood Called Rouge Bouquet -- 7. Taking Hell with Bayonets -- 8. Wild Bill Leads the Charge -- 9. The Men We Left Behind -- pt. Two The President's "Secret Legs" 1919--1941 -- 10. Siberian Adventure -- 11. Fact-Finding in Europe -- 12. Racket-Busting DA -- 13. With the Department of Justice -- 14. The Parade Passes By -- 15. Politics and Foreign Affairs -- 16. The Unfolding Crisis -- 17. Contagion of War -- 18. Confidential Mission to Britain -- 19. Back Door to the White House -- 20. Fifty-Trip Ticket on the Clippers -- 21. Playing for Time -- 22. Mediterranean Intrigue -- 23. The Intelligence Proposal -- pt. Three Wartime Spymaster 1941--1945 -- 24. Donovan's Brain Trust -- 25. COI Sets Up Shop -- 26. Conducting Ungentlemanly Warfare -- 27. OSS Goes to War Contents note continued: 28. Prelude to Torch -- 29. Professor Moriarty Joins the OSS -- 30. Partners with the Resistance -- 31. Tangled Webs -- 32. Behind Enemy Lines -- 33."The Wine Is Red" -- 34. Preparing for the Peace -- 35. End of an Experiment -- pt. Four The Cold War Years 1945--1959 -- 36. Bringing the Nazis to Trial -- 37. Donovan's Last Missions.