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An Underworld at War: Spivs, Deserters, Racketeers and Civilian .9780719563409

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Title
An Underworld at War: Spivs, Deserters, Racketeers and Civilians
ISBN
9780719563409
Publication Year
2004
Type
Textbook
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Book Title
An Underworld at War: Spivs, Deserters, Racketeers and Civilians in the Second World War
Item Height
28mm
Author
Donald Thomas
Publisher
John Murray Press
Topic
True Crime, History
Item Width
127mm
Item Weight
342g
Number of Pages
448 Pages

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The Blitz of 1940 may have made a nation of heroes, but in the shadows the shelter gangs and looters prowled The activities of the underworld, extending into a civilian black market and the armed forces, are one of the great untold stories of the Second World War. The profits of civilian racketeering dwarfed the rewards of smash-and-grab or safebreaking, though these continued apace. Professional gangs raided government offices for ration books and underground presses counterfeited petrol and clothing coupons in tens of thousands. The scale of theft in the army was also colossal, with whole consignments of cigarettes, razor-blades and NAAFI stores disappearing. Donald Thomas draws on extensive archive material to tell the extraordinary tale of these less-heroic Britons. The facts he uncovers are often so preposterous that in a novel they would seem unbelievable.

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John Murray Press
ISBN-13
9780719563409
eBay Product ID (ePID)
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Book Title
An Underworld at War: Spivs, Deserters, Racketeers and Civilians in the Second World War
Author
Donald Thomas
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
True Crime, History
Publication Year
2004
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
448 Pages

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Item Height
28mm
Item Width
127mm
Item Weight
342g

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Donald Thomas
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United Kingdom

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