Curious about the women who spied for the U.S. during World War II, I recently read Sisterhood of Spies: The Women of the OSS, by Elizabeth P. McIntosh (1998) and Shadow Warriors: Daring Missions of World War II by Women of the OSS and SOE, by Gordon Thomas and Greg Lewis (2016). Both nonfiction, they describe many fascinating women who were part of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) of the United States, an organization formed by President FDR that turned out to be a pre

Chiang Mai – Saturday, Feb. 22, 10 a.m. local time (10:00 p.m. EST on Friday, Feb. 21) Ko awoke to one of Keng’s guards yelling, “Out!” He blinked and his body tensed up. Two men were waving semiautomatic pistols at him, signaling to leave Keng’s “guest house.” Ko jumped to his feet and followed the first man out the side door and along Charoen Rajd Road. The other guard followed. Sweating in the mid-morning sun, Ko contemplated an escape, but decided against it. Keng’s hulki