Rediscovering Irregular Warfare: Colin Gubbins and the Origins of Britain's Special Operations Executivevolume 52

by A.R.B. Linderman

Britain's Special Operations Executive (SOE), which conducted sabotage campaigns and supported resistance movements in Axis-occupied Europe and in Asia, is often described as Winston Churchill's brainchild. But as A. R. B. Linderman reveals in this engrossing history, the real genius behind Britain's clandestine warriors was Colin Gubbins, a British officer who forged the SOE by drawing on lessons learned in irregular conflicts around the world...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806151676
• ISBN13: 9780806151670
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.1"