‘What is Past is Prologue’: Hollywood’s History of the OSS and the Establishment of the CIA
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At the end of the Second World War, the OSS were swiftly disbanded. In response, OSS chief William “Wild Bill” Donovan launched a massive public relations campaign to celebrate the wartime activities of his agency and to advocate for the establishment of a permanent central intelligence agency. Hollywood, perhaps unsurprisingly given the extensive links between American filmmakers and the OSS, played an important part in mythologizing the OSS in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War and in so doing helped make the case for the creation of the CIA.
2010 ◽
Vol 69
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pp. 406-429
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2021 ◽
Vol 6(72)
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pp. 283-288
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2010 ◽
Vol 1
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pp. 75-93
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