How World War II OSS–Military Tensions Shaped Post-War Intelligence Structures
The Office of Strategic Services (OSS), America’s first centralized intelligence agency, was born out of necessity during World War II. Led by the charismatic and ambitious William J. Donovan, the OSS was tasked with espionage, sabotage, propaganda, and analysis, which were functions that had previously been scattered across various departments. Yet, despite its wartime successes,…