Youre Stepping on My Cloak and Dagge..., Roger Hall
Youre Stepping on My Cloak and Dagge..., Roger Hall
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You're Stepping on My Cloak and Dagger

Author: Roger Hall

Narrator: Rick Adamson

Unabridged: 6 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/19/2022


Synopsis

With a sharp eye and wry wit, Roger Hall recounts his experiences as an American Army officer assigned to the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during World War II. First published in 1957 to critical and popular acclaim, his book has become a cult favorite in intelligence circles. The story follows Hall's experiences from a junior officer fleeing a tedious training assignment in Louisiana to his quirky and rigorous OSS training rituals in the United States, England, and Scotland. Quick to pick up on the skills necessary for behind-the-lines intelligence work, he became an expert instructor. But he was only reluctantly given operational duties because of his reputation as an iconoclast. In his droll story-telling style, Hall describes his first parachute jump in support of the French resistance as a comedy of errors that terminated prematurely. His last assignment in the war zone came when William Colby appointed him section head of an operations group that made its way on foot through Sweden. Called one of the funniest and most perceptive works ever written about life in the OSS, the book includes a wealth of unforgettable personalities that Hall encountered over the years.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Nooilforpacifists on September 22, 2014

This book is why the CIA now has a rule requiring pre-clearance for any former employee's writing. It's the story of a US Army paratrooper who accepts an unknown but dangerous classified assignment, in order to escape his Stateside instructor job, and winds up in the OSS, circa 1943. But it's writte......more

Goodreads review by Noah on August 16, 2009

Entertaining, but ultimately disappointing. This memoir of an early OSS officer was heavy on the drinking, carousing, and camaraderie, but short on the actual cloak and dagger, since Lt. Hall only found himself in Europe after the War was over. Perhaps the best part was his description of a training......more

Goodreads review by Scott on September 09, 2012

Recently resurrected, hilarious memoir about one of the pioneers of the U.S. Special Forces. Hall is a solid humorist, who happens to have been one tough, smart, and fearless dude who had very little time for authority. Reading his tales of being trained as a special forces paratrooper and getting s......more

Goodreads review by Michael on December 11, 2024

Short, easy, and fun to read. I laughed out loud at almost every chapter. I recommend to everyone.......more

Goodreads review by Marc on January 09, 2025

One of the funniest books I've read in a long time, on the level with reading Pratchett. Even though the tone is light and ironic throughout, there are some heart-wrenching and nervous moments*, which Roger Hall also does as easily as he does the irony. * When he's getting ready to finally deploy, I......more