Revealed, for the first time, in this recently declassified history of the Office of Strategic Services in World War II, are hundreds of dramatic accounts of the heroic activities of OSS operatives in the European and Far Eastern theaters. The book describes the establishment and activation of America's intelligence network that reached from Scandinavia to the China Sea and played a major role in the Allied victory. Rich in drama and intrigue, here are the specifics on OSS infiltration, sabotage, clandestine communications, espionage, and secret support of resistance groups in the occupied countries. The Overseas Targets is a work of great historical interest; it clarifies relations between overt and covert wartime actions, shedding considerable new light on how the war was won and on the origins of today's CIA. The OSS War Report has particular relevance today in the wake of Congressional hearings on the CIA, the direct descendant of the wartime OSS. Written in 1946-1947 by Kermit Roosevelt, who had been an active participant in wartime OSS operations, the report is reproduced in its original format still bearing the TOP SECRET stamp. Mr. Roosevelt has written an illuminating introduction for this edition. - Dust jacket.