Book and Dagger
Book and Dagger is a book describing the United States's governments recruitment of academics to serve as intelligence officials during World War 2.[1][2][3]
Elyse Graham, a professor of English at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, published the book in 2024.[1][2][3] It is her third book.
References
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Elizabeth J. Moore (2025-12-27). "Book and Dagger". Washington Independent Review of Books. Retrieved 2026-10-21.
The United States entered World War II embodying the principle that necessity is the mother of invention. A shortage of trained military personnel, for example, forced recruitment among ostensible “out” groups (e.g., women, racial and ethnic minorities, and Native Americans), whose members not only filled crucial gaps but also provided a diversity of experiences and abilities that became an unforeseen strength in winning the war over Nazi Germany — which only employed those with the requisite “racial purity.”
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Ben Macintyre (2024-09-24). "The 'Library Rats' Who Helped Win World War II". ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-10-21.
Elyse Graham, a historian and professor at Stony Brook University, has set out to rescue some of the worker bees of intelligence from obscurity by exploring their contribution to victory in World War II.
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"Book and Dagger by Elyse Graham". CBC News. 2024-08-27. Retrieved 2026-10-21.
In Book and Dagger, Elyse Graham draws on personal histories, letters, and declassified OSS files to tell the story of a small but connected group of humanities scholars turned spies.