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Special Operations Executive : a new instrument of war / edited by Mark Seaman.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in intelligence seriesPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.Description: 1 online resource (xv, 239 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781134175253
  • 1134175256
  • 9780203963876
  • 0203963873
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Special Operations Executive.DDC classification:
  • 940.548641 22
LOC classification:
  • D810.S7 S565 2006eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction / Mark Seaman -- 1. 'A new instrument of war' : the origins of the Special Operations Executive / Mark Seaman -- 2. Weapons and equipment of the Special Operations Executive / Paul Cornish -- 3. SOE and sea communications / Brooks Richards -- 4. Churchill and SOE / David Stafford -- 5. Hugh Dalton, Poland and SOE, 1940-42 / Terry Charman -- 6. SOE and Milorg : 'thieves on the same market' / Ivar Kraolund -- 7. SOE in the low countries / M.R.D. Foot -- 8. SOE in Italy / Christopher Woods -- 9. Resistance from abroad : Anglo-Soviet efforts to coordinate Yugoslav resistance, 1941-42 / Mark Wheeler -- 10. SOE in Romania / Maurice Pearton -- 11. SOE in Afghanistan / Bradley F. Smith.
Summary: Presenting an assessment of the Special Operations Executive (SOE), this text explores the organization from a range of key angles, as well as looking at how it has influenced the worldwide response to the irregular warfare which has characterized the second half of the 20th century.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Mark Seaman -- 1. 'A new instrument of war' : the origins of the Special Operations Executive / Mark Seaman -- 2. Weapons and equipment of the Special Operations Executive / Paul Cornish -- 3. SOE and sea communications / Brooks Richards -- 4. Churchill and SOE / David Stafford -- 5. Hugh Dalton, Poland and SOE, 1940-42 / Terry Charman -- 6. SOE and Milorg : 'thieves on the same market' / Ivar Kraolund -- 7. SOE in the low countries / M.R.D. Foot -- 8. SOE in Italy / Christopher Woods -- 9. Resistance from abroad : Anglo-Soviet efforts to coordinate Yugoslav resistance, 1941-42 / Mark Wheeler -- 10. SOE in Romania / Maurice Pearton -- 11. SOE in Afghanistan / Bradley F. Smith.

Presenting an assessment of the Special Operations Executive (SOE), this text explores the organization from a range of key angles, as well as looking at how it has influenced the worldwide response to the irregular warfare which has characterized the second half of the 20th century.

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