Behind The Lines by Russell Miller
Compiled from interviews, diaries, letters and contemporaneous first-person accounts - many never before published - this oral history follows the adventures of the courageous men and women who volunteered for service with Britain's Special Operations Executives and the United States' Office of Strategic Services. They parachuted behind enemy lines, often alone, with orders to cause mayhem. Arrest almost always resulted in torture and emprisonment; sometimes in execution. In occupied France, equipped with false identities, they played a deadly game of cat and mouse with the Gestapo; in the Balkans they discovered that the fiery politics of the region were as dangerous as the enemy; in the Burmese jungle they led native marauders in surprise attacks against the Japanese. Supported by a team of back-room boffins who dreamed up ingenious devices like exploding rats and invisible ink, the special agents of World War Two really were a breed apart. This is their extraordinary story, in their own words.
Born in East London, Russell Miller began his career in journalism at the age of 16. While under contract to the Sunday Times magazine, he won four press awards and was voted Writer of the Year by the Society of British Magazine Editors. He is the author of eleven previous books, including the widely acclaimed Nothing Less than Victory and, most recently, the acclaimed history of the legendary Magnum photo agency Magnum: Fifty Years at the Frontline of History.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780712667364 |
| ISBN 10 | 0712667369 |
| Title | Behind The Lines |
| Author | Russell Miller |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2003-10-02 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
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