Green Beach
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
In the summer of 1942, one man was handed a mission so secret and so improbable that its success would alter the entire trajectory of the Second World War — Green Beach chronicles the extraordinary true story of John Hughes-Hallett and the daring intelligence operation embedded within the disastrous Dieppe Raid, in which a lone officer was tasked with seizing a top-secret German radar device from the heavily fortified French coastline. James Leasor reconstructs this gripping wartime drama with the precision of a historian and the narrative momentum of a thriller, drawing on declassified records and first-hand accounts to reveal how one man's courage and ingenuity operated in the shadows of one of the bloodiest Allied landings of the war. Leasor, one of Britain's most accomplished writers of narrative non-fiction, masterfully illustrates how the grand machinery of war often pivots on the actions of a single individual, and Green Beach stands as a testament to the unsung heroes whose contributions were buried beneath layers of wartime secrecy for decades. The book raises urgent questions about duty, sacrifice, and the moral calculus of sending men into near-certain danger for a strategic objective — questions that resonate long after the final page is turned. For anyone captivated by the hidden corridors of wartime intelligence, this account will leave you wondering just how many other secrets remain unwritten.
Author: James Leasor
Format: Hardback
Genre: WW2
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
In the summer of 1942, one man was handed a mission so secret and so improbable that its success would alter the entire trajectory of the Second World War — Green Beach chronicles the extraordinary true story of John Hughes-Hallett and the daring intelligence operation embedded within the disastrous Dieppe Raid, in which a lone officer was tasked with seizing a top-secret German radar device from the heavily fortified French coastline. James Leasor reconstructs this gripping wartime drama with the precision of a historian and the narrative momentum of a thriller, drawing on declassified records and first-hand accounts to reveal how one man's courage and ingenuity operated in the shadows of one of the bloodiest Allied landings of the war. Leasor, one of Britain's most accomplished writers of narrative non-fiction, masterfully illustrates how the grand machinery of war often pivots on the actions of a single individual, and Green Beach stands as a testament to the unsung heroes whose contributions were buried beneath layers of wartime secrecy for decades. The book raises urgent questions about duty, sacrifice, and the moral calculus of sending men into near-certain danger for a strategic objective — questions that resonate long after the final page is turned. For anyone captivated by the hidden corridors of wartime intelligence, this account will leave you wondering just how many other secrets remain unwritten.