Piercing the Reich: The Penetration of Nazi Germany by American Secret Agents during World War II

464pp. Black and white photographs. It is late 1944, the Allies' lightning summer advance has stalled at the borders of Hitler's Reich. From the high command of the OSS, the order goes out: infiltrate the most ruthless police state ever known - probe the tense nerve centers of Nazi power - bring back crucial first-hand accounts.