S.O.E.

SOE, the Special Operations Executive, was a small, tough British secret service, a dirty tricks department established in July 1940 and encouraged by Churchill to âe~set Europe ablazeâe(tm). Recruited from remarkably diverse callings, the men and women who were members of this most secret agency lived in great and constant danger. Their job âe" as saboteurs, informers, partisans, couriers or secret agents âe" was to support and stimulate resistance behind enemy lines; their credentials fortitude, courage, immense patience and a devotion to freedom. In this classic study M.R.D. Foot, sheds light on the heroism of individual SOE agents across the world and provides us with a spellbinding account of the Executiveâe(tm)s crucial wartime work. With an introduction by David Stafford.