Memories of an SOE Historian.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Foot, M.R.D.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Foot, M. R. D. (Michael Richard Daniell), 1919-2012.

Foot, M. R. D.

Great Britain. Special Operations Executive--History.

Great Britain.

Foot, M. R. D. -- (Michael Richard Daniell), -- 1919-2012.

Historians--Great Britain--Biography.

World War, 1939-1945--Secret service--Great Britain.

Historians--Secret service--Great Britain--Biography.

Historians.

World War, 1939-1945--Great Britain.

World War, 1939-1945.

Local Subjects:

Foot, M. R. D. -- (Michael Richard Daniell), -- 1919-2012.

Historians--Great Britain--Biography.

World War, 1939-1945--Secret service--Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (414 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

: Pen and Sword, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Michael (MRD) Foot enjoys the rare distinction of being the only person referred to by his real name in a John Le Carre novel. A highly significant tribute to the man entrusted with writing the official record of the Special Operations Executive. He authored first (1966) the History of SOE in France and twenty years later the highly sensitive accounts of SOE operations in Belgium and Holland (which the Germans infiltrated with disastrous results). With his own war service background and academic reputation MRD Foot was an inspired choice for these historic tasks. He was fearless in pursuit of

Contents:

""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Dedication""; ""Table of Contents""; ""CHAPTER 1 - Ancestry""; ""CHAPTER 2 - Childhood""; ""CHAPTER 3 - War""; ""CHAPTER 4 - Oxford""; ""CHAPTER 5 - Ructions""; ""CHAPTER 6 - Manchester: more ructions""; ""CHAPTER 7 - Work and play""; ""CHAPTER 8 - Reflections on SOE""; ""CHAPTER 9 - Peace by the Quin""; ""Index""

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781783403448

1783403446

9781783460724

1783460725

OCLC:

854974826