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Taylor & Francis Ltd - The Politics And Strategy Of Clandestine War Special Operations Executive 1940 - 1946 - Hardcover
Taylor & Francis Ltd - The Politics And Strategy Of Clandestine War Special Operations Executive 1940 - 1946 - Hardcover
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Description: This fascinating new collection of essays on Britain's Special Operations Executive (SOE) explores the non - military aspects of British special operations in the Second World War. It details how SOE was established in the summer of 1940 to set Europe ablaze as Churchill memorably put it. This was a task it was meant to achieve by detonating popular resistance against Axis rule and nurturing secret armies which might be capable of providing military and other forms of assistance for British forces when they were once again able to return to the offensive and conduct land operations in Europe. The importance of the collection however goes beyond merely illuminating aspects of SOE's work which have largely been overlooked in previous scholarship. More significantly by situating SOE within the context of Britain's broader political needs the essays demonstrate the extent to which SOE came to epitomise and embody the range of skills that are found in today's secret service organisations. SOE showed itself capable of operating on a global scale and developing the necessary expertise equipment and personnel to conduct activities across the whole spectrum of what we have come to know as covert operations . By bringing SOE's activities into sharper focus and exposing the scale of its involvement in Britain's wartime external relations the essays echo current thinking on the place of the so - called secret world in international politics.
Title: The Politics And Strategy Of Clandestine War Special Operations Executive 1940 - 1946
Brand: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9780415391108
Pages: 224 Pages
Publication Date: 9/28/2006
Series: Studies in Intelligence
Category: Warfare & Defence
Description: This fascinating new collection of essays on Britain's Special Operations Executive (SOE) explores the non - military aspects of British special operations in the Second World War. It details how SOE was established in the summer of 1940 to set Europe ablaze as Churchill memorably put it. This was a task it was meant to achieve by detonating popular resistance against Axis rule and nurturing secret armies which might be capable of providing military and other forms of assistance for British forces when they were once again able to return to the offensive and conduct land operations in Europe. The importance of the collection however goes beyond merely illuminating aspects of SOE's work which have largely been overlooked in previous scholarship. More significantly by situating SOE within the context of Britain's broader political needs the essays demonstrate the extent to which SOE came to epitomise and embody the range of skills that are found in today's secret service organisations. SOE showed itself capable of operating on a global scale and developing the necessary expertise equipment and personnel to conduct activities across the whole spectrum of what we have come to know as covert operations . By bringing SOE's activities into sharper focus and exposing the scale of its involvement in Britain's wartime external relations the essays echo current thinking on the place of the so - called secret world in international politics.
Title: The Politics And Strategy Of Clandestine War Special Operations Executive 1940 - 1946
Brand: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9780415391108
Pages: 224 Pages
Publication Date: 9/28/2006
Series: Studies in Intelligence
Category: Warfare & Defence
