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A thrilling story of espionage, daring and deception set in the exotic landscape of occupied Manila during World War II.

About the Author

Peter Eisner,a veteran foreign correspondent and political editor, has worked at the Washington Post, Newsday, and the Associated Press. Eisner is the former managing director of the Center for Public Integrity. He is the author or coauthor of five previous books, including The Pope's Last Crusade, The Italian Letter, and The Freedom Line, winner of the Christopher Award.

Reviews

“It’s a barn-burner of a story, a fight for love and glory, and Eisner’s impeccable research and reporting bring it to life. Here’s looking at you, Claire.”
—Washington Post

“A well-researched, entertaining, and informative look at the resistance to the Japanese occupation.”
—Publishers Weekly
 
“Peter Eisner does a masterful job of telling the colorful, largely unknown story of an intrepid array of Americans in the Philippines who evaded capture by the Japanese in World War II and helped mount a powerful resistance movement against them. A sultry nightclub owner in Manila and a businessman who used his cover as a Central American consul to spy on the Japanese are just two members of a fabulous cast of characters that could have come straight from a Graham Greene novel.”
--Lynne Olson, author of Citizens of London and Last Hope Island

"MacArthur's Spies reads like Casablanca set in the Pacific, filled with brave and daring characters caught up in the intrigue of war—and the best part is that it's all true! With great historical detective work and narrative grace, Peter Eisner opens our eyes to the amazing story of Claire Phillips. Inside her shadowy Manila nightclub, Claire masterminded a spy ring that outfoxed Japanese invaders and helped America win World War II when all seemed lost. This is a spy story about a remarkable woman who, through her own cunning and considerable charm with the men in her life, manages to survive—a triumph of the human spirit." 
—Thomas Maier, author of Masters of Sex and When Lions Roar: The Churchills and the Kennedys.

 “Peter Eisner has mastered the art of bringing history alive by finding-and telling-the story within the story.  He has done it again with this thrilling tale of deception, romance, and physical endurance set against the backdrop of World War II in the Pacific.  Memorable characters, exotic locales, realistic dialogue, extraordinarily high stakes—this book has the ingredients of a great spy novel.  Plus: it all actually happened.”
--Michael Dobbs, author of Six Months in 1945: From World War to Cold War and One Minute to Midnight

Praise for The Freedom Line:

"Exciting and highly readable . . . Written with an eye for characterization and vivid detail and a sense of immediacy and moral commitment. . . Eisner has given us an exhilarating account of harrowing danger, betrayal and heroism, one with a hint of romance and with the ultimate triumph of freedom and justice."
—The Washington Post