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S. O. E. Special Operations Executive in the Far East [Buy it!] | Cruickshank Charles Greig | USD 199.95 (Fri May 17 09:24:14 2024) | Biblio | RareNonFiction.com | U.K.: Oxford University Press, Date: 1983. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 285 pages. Index. Footnotes. Maps. Black and white photographic plates. "Describes how SOE in the Far East turned a 'subliminal somersault' by departing from its directive and concentrating on paramilitary activities rather than sabotage; and suggests that, had Mountbatten responed to this change of function by placing SOE under direct military control, its agents could have played an even more decisive part in the Allied liberation of South East Asia." - from dust jacket. Usual library markings. Front free endpaper neatly removed. Above-average but not excessive wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A worthy reading copy.. 1983. Oxford University Press ISBN 0192158732 9780192158734 [CA] |