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A most ungentlemanly way of war : the SOE and the Canadian connection / by Colonel Bernd Horn ; with a foreword by Lynn Philip Hodgson.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Horn, Bernd, 1959- author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Great Britain. Special Operations Executive.
Great Britain.
World War, 1939-1945--Secret service--Great Britain.
World War, 1939-1945.
World War, 1939-1945--Secret service--Canada.
Canada.
World War (1939-1945).
Genre:
Libros electronicos.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (257 p.)
Distribution:
Ottawa, Ontario : Canadian Electronic Library, 2016.
Place of Publication:
Toronto [Ontario] : Dundurn, 2015.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
An examination of the SOE, its accomplishments, and the Canadian connection to the organization.
Contents:
With Backs to the Wall: Taking Back the Initiative
"Setting Europe Ablaze" : The Creation of the SOE
A Man Called Intrepid: The Beginning of the Canadian Connection
Out of Europe: BSC and SOE Operations in the Americas
Killing Two Birds with One Stone: The Creation of Camp X
Shrouded in Secrecy: Training and the Introduction of Hydra at Camp X
Down to Business: Operations in Europe
"The Simplest Things in War ..." : Clausewitzian Friction
Turning Theory to Reality: Canadians on SOE Operations
Reckoning: The Value of the SOE in the Second World War
Settling Accounts: The SOE at War's End.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781459732810
1459732812
9781459732803
1459732804
OCLC:
945609646

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