William Donovan and his management of the Office of Strategic Services (1883-1958)

Abstract

William Donovan is a prominent American figure who sought to elevate the American role in international politics, in line with the developments on the international scene and their danger to American interests, in light of American trends that called for the necessity of the American administration’s participation in shaping international policy. His role emerged during the First World War when he volunteered in the American army to serve his country’s interests after its entry into the World War, and this role developed throughout the period between the two wars, as he served his country on the domestic and foreign levels, dedicating his efforts to providing American political decision-makers with information related to the conditions of European countries after the end of the war, and at the same time he gained great experience in the field of security and intelligence work, which made him at the forefront of American figures who called for the necessity of establishing a professional American intelligence agency that would undertake the responsibility of collecting and analyzing information in times of peace and war and placing it in the hands of the highest political and security levels in the United States of America.