The true story of Peter Tompkins, a young American smuggled into Rome by the OSS at the dangerous climax of the German occupation."A Spy in Rome" is Peter Tompkins' remarkable account of what it is like to be a spy: alone in enemy territory; a price on your head; your life in hands of total strangers; always and completely on your own, without help, without orders and without refuge.

    money. Their mission, known as Operation Pastorius, was to disrupt and destroy vital war manufacturing plants and railways in the Tennessee Valley and elsewhere in the United States. The men were quickly rounded up by the F.B.I., in part due to the voluntary surrender of one of the groups leaders, George Dasch. Following their arrest, the men were tried before a specially created military tribunal; all eight were found guilty and initially sentenced to death. Six of the men were executed in the electric chair, while President Roosevelt reduced the sentences of two of the men due to their turning themselves in to authorities. Included are 8 pages of illustrations.