What made a good missionary also made a go od spy\, or so thought American intelligence agencies in World War II. The se religious men and women carried out covert operations\, bombings\, and assassinations&mdash\;confident that their nefarious deeds would eventuall y help them achieve their mission by expanding the kingdom of God.
\nHistorian Matthew Avery Sutton tells the extraordinary story of these mis sionaries\, priests\, and rabbis who played an outsized role in leading th e United States to victory in World War II. This talk is an untold story o f wartime spy craft and a profound account of the compromises and doubts t hat war forces on those who wage it.
\nMatthew Avery Sutton \;(h e/him) is the Berry Family Distinguished Professor in Liberal Arts and the chair of the Department of History at Washington State University. He has authored several books\, the most recent of which is \;Double Crossed : The Missionaries Who Spied for the United States During the Second World War \;(2019)\, off which his talk is based. He has written for the Ne w York Times and Washington Post. In 2016\, he was appointed a Guggenheim Foundation Fellow.
\nThis talk is funded by Humanities Washington in partnership with \;The Thomas S. Foley Institute for Public Policy an d Public Service\, \;which educates citizens across the state about de mocratic institutions and public affairs\, and is based at Washington Stat e University.
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