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Soe Syllabus: Lessons in Ungentlemanly Warfare, World War II

Door Denis Rigden

Categorie
WO II
Boeknummer
#374530-XA49
Titel
Soe Syllabus: Lessons in Ungentlemanly Warfare, World War II
Auteur
Rigden, Denis
Boektype
Paperback
Uitgeverij
Surrey : National Archives
Jaar van uitgave
2004
ISBN10
1903365600
ISBN13
9781903365601
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Paperback, illustrated with some photographs in b/w, 8vo.
Samenvatting
In the early years of World War II prospective agents for the Special Operations Executive were trained in the black arts of camouflage, sabotage and subterfuge. This training took place in a variety of requisitioned country houses all over Britain, from Arisaig in the highlands of Scotland to Beaulieu Manor in the New Forest. This book reproduces the extensive training manuals used to prepare agents for their highly dangerous missions behind enemy lines. The courses covered a variety of clandestine skills including disguise, surveillance, burglary, interrogation, close combat and assassination. In short, everything needed to wreak havoc in occupied Europe. Denis Rigden's expert introduction sets the file in its historical context and includes stories of how these lessons were carried out ... (Lees verder)on actual wartime missions.
Pagina's
416
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 25,00

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