Donovan

America’s Master Spy

By: Richard Dunlop, William Stephenson - foreword

Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin

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. Drawing upon Donovan’s diaries, letters, and other papers; interviews with hundreds of the men and women who worked with him and spied for him; and declassified and unpublished documents, author Richard Dunlop, himself a former member of Donovan’s OSS, traces the incredible career of the man who almost single-handedly created America’s central intelligence service. The result is the definitive biography that Donovan himself had always expected Dunlop would write.

©1982, 2014 Richard Dunlop (P)2014 Audible Inc.

An amazing man!

This audiobook exceeded my expectations on all accounts. The narrator brought the exploits and accomplishments of Wild Bill Donovan to life. Donovan was a creator, thinker, and leader.

This is a most informative, entertaining and motivating book.

Every aspect of this book is excellent. The flow established by the author is augmented by the narrator. A course on leadership and it’s fundamental principles can be built upon this book. It is simply a superlative book - in fact of all the books that I have listened to it by far is the best !

Great Story about a Great man

This is an extremely long and detailed story about Donovan’s life and all he did for this country. The only thing I would have liked to hear more of if about his wife Ruth. If Anyone one ever deserved a high ranking metal it would be her. Sounds like she lived most of her married life alone

Possibly America's finest hero!

I have heard his name used but I did not know much else.
Out of curiosity I got this book and tuned in.
Wow what a man. The things he did and the things he accomplished.
It makes for fascinating reading.
Really enjoyed it.

brilliant man, brilliant story, brilliant narrator

best I have ever heard. this man surpasses any American I have ever read about except his flaws which we all have