Mark Seaman (ed.)

Special Operations Executive

A New Instrument of War
Herausgeber: Seaman, Mark

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A uniquely accurate and reliable assessment of the Special Operations Executive (SOE). This new volume brings together leading authors to examine the organization from a range of key angles.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 552g
• ISBN-13: 9780415383981
• ISBN-10: 0415383986
• Artikelnr.: 22540152

Autorenporträt

Edited by Seaman, Mark

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1.'A New Instrument of War': The Origins of the Special
Operations Executive 2. Weapons and Equipment of the Special Operations
Executive 3. SOE and Sea Communications 4. Churchill and SOE 5. Poland and
SOE 6. SOE and Milorg - 'Thieves on the Same Market' 7. SOE in the Low
Countries 8. SOE in Italy 9. Resistance from Abroad: Anglo-Soviet Efforts
to Co-Ordinate Yugoslav Resistance, 1941-1942 10. SOE in Romania 11. SOE in
Afghanistan 12. Don Stott's 'Adventures' in Athens, October-November 1943
13. SOE and the Neutrals 14. SOE in Albania - The 'Conspiracy Theory'
Re-Assessed 15. SOE and Denmark 16. Hitler's Irish Hideout: A Case Study of
SOE's Black Propaganda Battles 17. 'Of Historical Interest Only' - The
Origins and Vicissitudes of the SOE