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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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Leong, Adam Kok Wey (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2015.
Temas:
1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 > Secret service.
Assassination > Political aspects.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Service secret.
Assassinat > Aspect politique.
European history.
HISTORY > Europe > Western.
Secret service.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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