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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Seaman, Mark.

Series:

Studies in Intelligence

Studies in intelligence series, 1368-9916

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain. Special Operations Executive.

Great Britain.

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

World War, 1939-1945.

Intelligence service--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Intelligence service.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (255 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This unique book presents an accurate and reliable assessment of the Special Operations Executive (SOE). It brings together leading authors to examine the organization from a range of key angles.This study shows how historians have built on the first international conference on the SOE at the Imperial War Museum in 1998. The release of many records then allowed historians to develop the first authoritative analyses of the organization's activities and several of its agents and staff officers were able to participate. Since this groundbreaking conference, fresh research has con

Contents:

Front Cover; Special Operations Executive; Copyright Page; Contents; List of plates; List of contributors; List of abbreviations; 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: Sir 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 Kraglund; 7. SOE in the Low Countries: M. R. D. Foot

8. SOE in Italy: Christopher Woods9. 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; 12. 'Negotiations of a complicated character': Don Stott's 'adventures' in Athens, October-November 1943: Richard Clogg; 13. SOE and the neutrals: Neville Wylie; 14. SOE in Albania: the 'conspiracy theory' reassessed: Roderick Bailey; 15. SOE and Denmark: Knud J. V. Jespersen; 16. 'Hitler's Irish hideout': a case study of SOE's black propaganda battles: Eunan O'Halpin

17. 'Of historical interest only': the origins and vicissitudes of the SOE archive: Duncan StuartIndex

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-134-17524-8

1-283-96402-3

0-203-96387-3

1-134-17525-6

9780203963876

OCLC:

826854742