Soe: An Outline History Of The Special Operations Executive 1940-46
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: repr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
In the shadowy corridors of wartime Britain, a secret organisation was forged to set Europe ablaze — SOE: An Outline History of the Special Operations Executive 1940–46 chronicles the clandestine birth, turbulent operations, and ultimate dissolution of one of the Second World War's most audacious instruments of unconventional warfare. M. R. D. Foot, himself a veteran intelligence officer and the foremost authority on the SOE, presents a rigorous and authoritative account of how Churchill's secret army recruited, trained, and dispatched agents into Nazi-occupied Europe, orchestrating sabotage, subversion, and resistance movements that shaped the course of the war. Drawing on declassified documents and firsthand testimonies, Foot illuminates the extraordinary courage of the men and women who operated behind enemy lines, as well as the institutional rivalries, strategic misjudgements, and tragic betrayals that cost many their lives. The work is a masterclass in narrative history — precise and unsentimental, yet never losing sight of the human drama at its core. Scholars and general readers alike will find it indispensable, and those who reach its final pages will be left asking a haunting question: how much of what these agents sacrificed was truly necessary?
Author: M. R. D. Foot
Format: Hardback
Published: 1984, British Broadcasting Corporation
Genre: WW2
Edition: repr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
In the shadowy corridors of wartime Britain, a secret organisation was forged to set Europe ablaze — SOE: An Outline History of the Special Operations Executive 1940–46 chronicles the clandestine birth, turbulent operations, and ultimate dissolution of one of the Second World War's most audacious instruments of unconventional warfare. M. R. D. Foot, himself a veteran intelligence officer and the foremost authority on the SOE, presents a rigorous and authoritative account of how Churchill's secret army recruited, trained, and dispatched agents into Nazi-occupied Europe, orchestrating sabotage, subversion, and resistance movements that shaped the course of the war. Drawing on declassified documents and firsthand testimonies, Foot illuminates the extraordinary courage of the men and women who operated behind enemy lines, as well as the institutional rivalries, strategic misjudgements, and tragic betrayals that cost many their lives. The work is a masterclass in narrative history — precise and unsentimental, yet never losing sight of the human drama at its core. Scholars and general readers alike will find it indispensable, and those who reach its final pages will be left asking a haunting question: how much of what these agents sacrificed was truly necessary?