SECRET WAR: THE STORY OF SOE

(Subject: Intelligence, Espionage, Reconnaissance & Electronic Warfare) The history of the Special Operations Executive, Britain's WWII undercover subversive and sabotage organization. The author considers why so many of SOE's agents were caught, why the Communist partisan organizations in the Balkans were aided, the heroism of individual agents and the underlying tragedy of those lost, plus the actions of para-military units dropped behind the lines immediately after the D-Day invasion. Ihe book is an anlysis of the structure and performance of the organisation. This copy has an inscription dated 17 v 1992 by the author which reads 'To Nigel West's mother who should bear full responsibility' (Published: 1992) (Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton) (ISBN: 0340518707) (Pagination: 305pp, maps, charts) (Condition: good/fair in slightly sunned d/w, inscribed by author.) UL-XXXXXX