ISBN: 9780563201939 - special operations executive: outline history of the special operations executive, 1940-46 (13 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Good.

Hardback. Zustand: Fair. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

hardcover. Zustand: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Includes several maps and b/w photographs. 280pp. DJ spine a little sunned.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. As New book in VG+ unclipped DJ (£8.50).

Second Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 280 pages; Physical desc. : 280p. : ill. , facsims. , 1map, ports. ; 24cm. Includes index. Subject: Great Britain. Army. Special Operations Executive -- Studies. 1 Kg.…

Second Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 280 pages; Physical desc. : 280p. : ill. , facsims. , 1map, ports. ; 24cm. Includes index. Subject: Great Britain. Army. Special Operations Executive -- Studies. 1 Kg.…

Hardback. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. Hardback reprint, 1985, with unclipped jacket. In overall fine, unread condition. Binding tight and appears almost unopened. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions; text, maps and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Photographs available. Not an old library book. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. First impression. Inscription to ffep. Nice clean copy. The jacket has minor edge wear.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 280 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, 1 map, portraits ; 24 cm. Subjects; Great Britain. Army. Special Operations Executive. Ministry of Economic Warfare, Special Operations Executive. World War II, 1939-45 Partisans, maquis, underground movements &c. (General works). World War, 1939-1945 Secret service Great Britain. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 290 pages. DJ slightly worn SOE The Special Operations Executive 1940- 1946 reads just as well now as it did when it was first published by the BBC in 1984 to coincide with a television se ries--not least because its author, M.R.D Foot, was appointed the official histo rian to the SOE just after World War Two and has had access to its entire archiv e. The SOE was hastily cobbled together in 1940 to wage subversive campaigns beh ind enemy lines, and by and large it made up the rules as it went along. It recr uited where and when it could. As might be expected, the senior ranks generally came from the echelons of the public schools, the City, the business world and t he armed services; but its agents were a bizarre mix of eccentrics and mavericks from all over the world--including North American newspaper editors, South Amer ican businessmen, Spanish smugglers, Abyssinian tribesmen, Norwegian mountaineer s, schoolchildren, Dutch printers, Greek outlaws, Slovene peasants, Malayan rubb er workers, Siamese noblemen, Naga hillmen, Polish and Czech railway guards and Chinese tycoons. All in all, however, SOE's total strength never totalled more t han 10,000 men and 3,200 women. Often the training was crude and the operations were ill-thought out and as a result many failed. But that only serves to make t hose that succeeded against such long odds all the more impressive. Occasionally , such as its attack on the Norsk Hydro plant at Rjukan, SOE's operations were c ritical to the outcome of the war, but for the most part its successes owed more to the longevity of attrition rather than any immediate outcome. The SOE spent much time engaged in diversionary activity. It was said that each day Hitler spe nt at least half an hour considering Abwehr reports on SOE activities and that h.…

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 280 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, 1 map, portraits ; 24 cm. Subjects; Great Britain. Army. Special Operations Executive. Ministry of Economic Warfare, Special Operations Executive. World War II, 1939-45 Partisans, maquis, underground movements &c. (General works). World War, 1939-1945 Secret service Great Britain. 1 Kg. …