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Killing the enemy : assassination operations during World War II /
During World War II, the British formed a secret division, the 'SOE' or Special Operations Executive, in order to support resistance organisations in occupied Europe. It also engaged in 'targeted killing' the assassination of enemy political and military leaders. The unit is famo...
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London ; New York :
I.B. Tauris,
2015.
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Killing the enemy : |b assassination operations during World War II / |c Adam Leong Kok Wey. |
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| 520 | 8 | |a During World War II, the British formed a secret division, the 'SOE' or Special Operations Executive, in order to support resistance organisations in occupied Europe. It also engaged in 'targeted killing' the assassination of enemy political and military leaders. The unit is famous for equipping its agents with tools for use behind enemy lines, such as folding motorbikes, miniature submarines and suicide pills disguised as coat buttons. But its activities are now also gaining attention as a forerunner to today's 'extra-legal' killings of wartime enemies in foreign territory, for example through the use of unmanned drones. Adam Leong's work evaluates the effectiveness of political assassination in wartime using four examples: Heydrich's assassination in Prague (Operation Anthropoid); the daring kidnap of Major General Kreipe in Crete by Patrick Leigh Fermor; the failed attempt to assassinate Rommel, known as Operation Flipper; and the American assassination of General Yamamoto. | |
| 505 | 0 | |a Cover -- Author Bio -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Strategies of Leadership Decapitation, Strategic Logic, and Nexus with Morale -- Chapter 3: 'Hitler's Hangman' Butchered -- Operation Anthropoid -- Chapter 4: Case Study of the Kidnap of Major General Kreipe in Crete -- Chapter 5: The 'Yamamoto Mission' -- Chapter 6: Operation Flipper (and Operation Gaff) -- Chapter 7: Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back cover. | |
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