Propaganda Girls: The Secret War of the Women in the OSS

by Lisa Rogak

Donovan, who had studied Nazi black propaganda, knew how effective these tactics could be. “Subtly planned rumor and propaganda [can] subvert people from allegiance to their own country,” he said. “It is essentially a weapon of exploitation, and if successful can be more effective than a shooting war.”

[In America] I saw complacency. I couldn’t do much, but I had to do something.”