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S.O.E.: An outline history of the special operations executive 1940 - 46

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Description for S.O.E.: An outline history of the special operations executive 1940 - 46 Paperback. .

SOE, the Special Operations Executive, was a small, tough British secret service, a dirty tricks department established in July 1940 and encouraged by Churchill to ‘set Europe ablaze’.

Recruited from remarkably diverse callings, the men and women who were members of this most secret agency lived in great and constant danger. Their job – as saboteurs, informers, partisans, couriers or secret agents – was to support and stimulate resistance behind enemy lines; their credentials fortitude, courage, immense patience and a devotion to freedom.

In this classic study M.R.D. Foot, sheds light on the heroism of individual ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
519g
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847922939
SKU
V9781847922939
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Ref
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About M R D Foot
M.R.D. Foot was an army officer throughout the Second World War, and was awarded the French Croix de Guerre for work with the SAS in Brittany. He taught politics and history at Oxford University, was Professor of Modern History at Manchester University, and among other books wrote SOE in France, Resistance, MI9 (with J.M. Langley) and Six Faces of Courage. ... Read more

Reviews for S.O.E.: An outline history of the special operations executive 1940 - 46
It is impossible to imagine M.R.D. Foot's position as the pre-eminent historian of SOE ever being challenged
Antony Beevor A fit testament to the bravery, selflessness and sacrifice of a magnificent group of people
Sunday Telegraph

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