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The Air-Raid Warden Was a Spy: And Other Tales from Home-Front America in World War II Prayers of Awe author of The Great Influenza:In his latest collection of fresh and surprising stories from World War II, popular author and distinguished historian William Breuer recounts over fifty little known tales of military actions, espionage, and skullduggery on the home front. Based on personal interviews, official archives, and declassified documents, The Air Raid Warden Was a Spy features intriguing accounts of covert raids and combat experiments, spies and saboteurs, draft dodgers and