The Wildest Province by Roderick Bailey

The Wildest Province by Roderick Bailey

In 1943, small teams of elite British soldiers began parachuting into the mountains of Axis-occupied Albania. They were members of Britain's Special Operations Executive, and their task was to find and arm bands of local guerillas and harass the Axis as best they could. This title draws on interviews with survivors, long-hidden diaries and more.

What makes Bailey's book so readable is not only his grasp of strategy but his hold on tactics and personalities... The Wildest Province...establishes him as a modern historian of great skill... Anyone interested in human nature under stress, or problems of counter-insurgency, or sheer adventure, will read it with profit * Literary Review *
This is a gripping account of two wars...a rich and rounded account...he has mastered a mass of complex material, and analysed it with great clarity and fairness...it is hard to imagine the task being done better than this... History more breathtaking than any thriller * Sunday Telegraph *
Reminiscent of John Buchan and The Thirty-Nine Steps... Extreme stuff * Daily Mail *
Beautifully written and impeccably researched... a compelling work and by far the most comprehensive yet undertaken on the subject...The Wildest Province is a must-have acquisition for anyone remotely interested in the region, the war, its politics or the experiences of the men who fought there. I devoured the book quickly * The Times *
A tribute to average men with the guts to be extraordinary... The author's research is monumental * Sunday Express *

Roderick Bailey is a historian at the University of Oxford where he specialises in the history of medicine and the study of war and conflict. His previous books include the Sunday Times bestseller Forgotten Voices of the Secret War and, as an official SOE historian appointed by the Prime Minister, Target: Italy – The Secret War against Mussolini. Away from academia he has worked widely as an official observer of international elections in post-conflict and post-communist countries. In 2011 he deployed to Afghanistan as a British Army reservist and was awarded a Queen’s Commendation.

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ISBN 13	9781845950712
ISBN 10	1845950712
Title	The Wildest Province
Author	Roderick Bailey
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Vintage Publishing
Year published	2009-03-19
Number of pages	432
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