The liberation of Marguerite Harrison : America's first female foreign intelligence agent /

"In September 1918, World War I was nearing its end when Marguerite E. Harrison, a thirty-nine-year-old Baltimore socialite, wrote to the head of the U.S. Army's Military Intelligence Division asking for a job. The director asked for clarification. Did she mean a clerical position? No, she...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Atwood, Elizabeth Ann (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Harrison, Marguerite, > 1879-1967.
Harrison, Marguerite, > 1878-1967
United States. > War Department. > Military Intelligence Division > History.
United States. > War Department. > Military Intelligence Division
1900-1999
Espionage, American > Germany > History > 20th century.
Spies > United States > History > 20th century.
Women intelligence officers > United States > Biography.
Intelligence officers > United States > Biography.
Officières de renseignements > États-Unis > Biographies.
Officiers de renseignements > États-Unis > Biographies.
Espionage, American
Intelligence officers
Politics and government
Spies
Women intelligence officers
Espionage, American > Soviet Union > History > 20th century.
Soviet Union > Politics and government > 1917-1936.
Baltimore (Md.) > Biography.
URSS > Politique et gouvernement > 1917-1936.
Germany
Maryland > Baltimore
Soviet Union
United States
Biographies
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Fond of Adventure
  • Fit for a King
  • Bonds of Matrimony
  • Out on a Limb
  • In the Web
  • Agent B
  • Into Russia
  • Double Trouble
  • Through Difficulties to the Stars
  • "A Lady with a Mysterious Past"
  • "A Very Clever Womaan"
  • Return to Russia
  • Desert Drama
  • Ebb Tide.

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