TY - BOOK AU - Conant,Jennet TI - The irregulars: Roald Dahl and the British spy ring in wartime Washington SN - 9780743294584 (hbk.) AV - D810.S8 D234 2008 U1 - 940.54/86410973 22 PY - 2008/// CY - New York PB - Simon & Schuster KW - Dahl, Roald KW - Great Britain KW - British Security Coordination KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Secret service KW - United States KW - Propaganda KW - Propaganda, British N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 370-376) and index N2 - Conant tells the story of young writer Roald Dahl who is assigned by His Majesty's Government to Washington, D.C. as a diplomat to gather intelligence about America's isolationist circles. In the course of his "spying," he meets or works closely with David Ogilvy, Ian Fleming, and the great spymaster William Stephenson (aka Intrepid) UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0813/2008012483.html ER -