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OverviewThis 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Professor Neville Wylie (University of Nottingham School of Politics University of Nottingham, UK University of Nottingham, UK) , Professor Neville Wylie (University of Nottingham School of Politics University of Nottingham, UK University of Nottingham, UK)Publisher: Routledge Imprint: Routledge ISBN: 9781280620867ISBN 10: 1280620862 Pages: 214 Publication Date: 01 January 2006 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Electronic book text Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |