Jerry’s Reviews > The American School of Spies: The Archaeologists Who Fought the Nazis and Saved the Treasures of Ancient Greece > Status Update
Jerry
is on page 12 of 320
Noting the OSS “paid Dorothy less than male spies” and many American archaeologists in Athens “came from rich families” seems both sexist and classist (and probably racist, but that hasn’t reared its head yet).
Also, the Ballantine-Young “ethanol-spewing breweries” represented the “new American vulgarity.”
I am concerned there is a clear bias to this book.
— Oct 19, 2026 06:34PM
Also, the Ballantine-Young “ethanol-spewing breweries” represented the “new American vulgarity.”
I am concerned there is a clear bias to this book.
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Jerry
is on page 250 of 320
So the Greeks saved the antiquities and the OSS Greek Desk helped the allied cause and sabotaged German efforts, but there’s not really a direct tie to saving antiquities.
Rodney Young wanted to set up a network to facilitate US post war interests in Greece but it met marginal acceptance.
Still, an interesting portrayal of us involvement in this corner of WW2
— Oct 23, 2026 04:06PM
Rodney Young wanted to set up a network to facilitate US post war interests in Greece but it met marginal acceptance.
Still, an interesting portrayal of us involvement in this corner of WW2
Jerry
is on page 189 of 320
Several oss groups and subgroups in Greece. So far none of them have done anything significant or direct to save antiquities.
Book mentions German unit identifications, eg from shoulder patches, but Germans didn’t have those or mark their vehicles that way except for ss or elite units.
— Oct 22, 2026 06:32PM
Book mentions German unit identifications, eg from shoulder patches, but Germans didn’t have those or mark their vehicles that way except for ss or elite units.
Jerry
is on page 90 of 320
The title comes from the American School for Classical Studies in Athens and the OSS Greek Desk set up by some of its alumni.
— Oct 20, 2026 04:05PM