S.O.E.
An outline history of the special operations executive 1940 - 46
-
-
5.0 • 1 Rating
-
-
- £10.99
-
- £10.99
Publisher Description
SOE, 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, partisans, couriers or secret agents – was to support and stimulate resistance behind enemy lines; their credentials fortitude, courage, immense patience and a devotion to freedom.
In this classic study M.R.D. Foot, sheds light on the heroism of individual SOE agents across the world and provides us with a spellbinding account of the Executive’s crucial wartime work.
With an introduction by David Stafford.
Customer Reviews
Insightful and witty
I’ve read a lot of biographies about or by former SOE agents, and I am always impressed and inspired by those brave women and men. Reading Foot’s book, humbly called “an outline” of the history of S.O.E. offers a great depth to when reading about individuals in the resistense work. I can wholeheartedly recommend it. Michael Foot wrotes personally and often with a witty humour.