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No Cloak, No Dagger: Allied Spycraft in Occupied France by Benjamin Cowburn (Hardcover, 2009)
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The memoir of SOE agent Benjamin Cowburn is rightly regarded as a classic of wartime literature. In simple, gripping detail Cowburn explains the methods of special agents who were dropped into France during the war and the ways that agents would set about establishing secure networks with the French Resistance. He also shows how agents were able to travel across France, how they set up transmitters and contacted their British headquarters for orders, and how they arranged airplane pick-ups and deliveries of supplies. His account sheds light on the views of both the Resistance fighters facing torture at the hands of the Gestapo and their besieged French countrymen. He notes the tensions within the different command centres, in particular between the French leader-in-exile Charles de Gaulle and his British counterparts, who were all eager to control the efforts of the Resistance. Cowburn gives fascinating general lessons in the art of spying from establishing a worthy target to executing an operation but also tells the full story of his own sabotage operations, including the effective destruction of cylinders for thirteen locomotives in the dead of night. As in so many operations, mistakes were made which could have led to numerous arrests. In this case, the details of the operation had accidentally been left on a blackboard in the school where they had planned the raid, but were luckily scrubbed out by the headmaster's wife. On another occasion, Cowburn snuck itching powder into the laundry of Luftwaffe agents to cause a disruption. This new edition contains an Introduction by M.R.D Foot and a Foreword by Sebastian Faulks. AUTHOR: Before World War II, Benjamin Cowburn worked in France as an engineer. His fluent French and local knowledge made him a perfect Special Agent recruit. He was dropped into France three times, narrowly avoided capture on several occasions and was a highly regarded agent. REVIEWS: 'The best of memoirs by a Special Operations Executive agent. Tough, laconic, humbling' Sebastian Faulks 'Rings with authenticity. Cowburn's gripping account is among the finest of SOE memoirs' Dr Roderick BaileyProduct Identifiers
PublisherPen & Sword Books LTD
ISBN-139781848325432
eBay Product ID (ePID)88402964
Product Key Features
Book TitleNo Cloak, No Dagger: Allied Spycraft in Occupied France
AuthorBenjamin Cowburn
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
TopicMemorials, Government, History
Publication Year2009
TypeTextbook
Number of Pages224 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height234mm
Item Width156mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorBenjamin Cowburn
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
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- 20 Feb, 2022
Excellent.
Quite an extraordinary but not very well known book about the life of an SOE agent in France in World War 2. Ben Cowburn's account of living on the edge planning sabotage operations, building Resistance cells, and staying alive is really enthralling and thoroughly recommended.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
