S.O.E.
An outline history of the special operations executive 1940 - 46
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
15 March 2014
Summary
‘It is impossible to imagine M.R.D. Foot’s position as the pre-eminent historian of SOE ever being challenged’ - Antony BeevorSOE, 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, partisan…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781847922939 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1847922937 |
| Author: | M.R.D. Foot |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | The Bodley Head Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 15 March 2014 |
| Weight: | 522g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 153mm x 27mm |
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It is impossible to imagine M.R.D. Foot’s position as the pre-eminent historian of SOE ever being challenged
It is impossible to imagine M.R.D. Foot’s position as the pre-eminent historian of SOE ever being challenged – Antony BeevorA fit testament to the bravery, selflessness and sacrifice of a magnificent group of people * Sunday Telegraph *
About The Author
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.David Stafford is the author of several books on intelligence history, including Britain and European Resistance, Churchill and Secret Service, Ten Days to D-Day and Mission Accomplished- SOE and Italy 1943 - 1945.
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