The Embattled Mountain
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Binding intact. Fold-out map at rear intact.
A gripping work of wartime history, The Embattled Mountain chronicles the extraordinary first-hand account of Sir William Deakin's 1943 mission into occupied Yugoslavia, where he parachuted behind enemy lines to make contact with Marshal Tito and the Partisan resistance movement. As Winston Churchill's personal emissary and a trained SOE officer, Deakin presents an authoritative and intensely personal narrative of guerrilla warfare, survival, and political intrigue set against the brutal backdrop of Axis occupation. The book details the savage fighting on Mount Durmitor, the bond forged under fire between the British mission and the Yugoslav Partisans, and the pivotal intelligence that ultimately shaped Allied strategy in the Balkans. Written with the precision of a scholar and the immediacy of a combatant, it stands as one of the most vivid and important personal testimonies to emerge from the Second World War.
Author: F.W.D. Deakin
Format: Hardback
Published: 1971, Oxford University Press
Genre: WW2
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Binding intact. Fold-out map at rear intact.
A gripping work of wartime history, The Embattled Mountain chronicles the extraordinary first-hand account of Sir William Deakin's 1943 mission into occupied Yugoslavia, where he parachuted behind enemy lines to make contact with Marshal Tito and the Partisan resistance movement. As Winston Churchill's personal emissary and a trained SOE officer, Deakin presents an authoritative and intensely personal narrative of guerrilla warfare, survival, and political intrigue set against the brutal backdrop of Axis occupation. The book details the savage fighting on Mount Durmitor, the bond forged under fire between the British mission and the Yugoslav Partisans, and the pivotal intelligence that ultimately shaped Allied strategy in the Balkans. Written with the precision of a scholar and the immediacy of a combatant, it stands as one of the most vivid and important personal testimonies to emerge from the Second World War.