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S.O.E. in the Low Countries
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M. R. D. Foot
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This is
the 2001 First Edition
“This book describes the work of
the Special Operations Executive (henceforward SOE), the worldwide
British secret service in charge of sabotage and subversion, into
German-occupied Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg in the years 1940—5.”
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Publisher and place of
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Dimensions in inches (to
the nearest quarter-inch) |
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London: St Ermin's Press |
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6¼ inches wide x 9½ inches tall |
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Edition |
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Length |
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2001 |
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[xviii] + 553 pages |
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Condition of covers |
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Internal condition |
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Original blue cloth gilt. The spine ends and
corners are slightly bumped. |
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There are no internal markings and the text is
clean throughout. |
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Dust-jacket present? |
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Other
comments |
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Yes: the dust-jacket is rubbed and is creased
on the corners and, more particularly, on the ends of the spine panel
(please see the image above). |
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A Near Fine example internally in a rubbed and
slightly creased dust-jacket. |
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Illustrations,
maps, etc |
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Contents |
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Please see below for details |
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Please see below for details |
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Post & shipping
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Payment options |
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The packed weight is approximately
1100 grams.
Full shipping/postage information is
provided in a panel
at the end of this listing.
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Payment options
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UK bidders: cheque (in
GBP), debit card, credit card (Visa, MasterCard but
not Amex), PayPal
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International bidders: credit card
(Visa, MasterCard but not Amex), PayPal
Full payment information is provided in a
panel at the end of this listing. |
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S.O.E. in the Low Countries
Contents
Illustrations
Maps
Author's Note
Abbreviations
I Introduction
II Dutch Catastrophes 1940-2
III Dutch Catastrophes 1942-4
IV Dutch Recovery 1943-4
V Belgian Disasters 1940-2
VI Belgian Recovery 1942-4
VII Luxembourg 1940-5
VIII 'Overlord' and 'Market Garden' 1944
IX Follow-through and Aftermath 1944-5
APPENDICES
1 Chronology
2 Partisan Leader's Handbook
3 Action Agents Sent to Holland
4 Action Agents Sent to Belgium
5 German Directive for Interrogation of Captured
Agents
6 Notes on Attacks on Armour
7 Sources
Index
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S.O.E. in the Low Countries
From the dust-jacket:
Mackenzie's in-house history of the Special Operations Executive
made no secret of the disaster in Holland, long notorious in the
secret world as well as in the news media, but entered into few
details.
The full story is now set out, from SOE's surviving archives, by a
leading expert on the subject, whose ground-breaking SOE in France
first appeared thirty-five years ago. Skilful manipulations by the
Abwehr and the Sicherheitsdienst, working for once in common,
enabled the Germans to take control for eighteen months of the
entire active resistance organisation in Holland. British and Dutch
controllers in London remained unaware how wholly they were being
deceived until two escapers disillusioned them; even the escapers
were held for a time in Brixton jail.
The Belgian experience, equally complicated, was for a time almost
as disastrous as the Dutch. In both cases, local heroism
re-established some effective resistance. This played in Belgium a
vital, and in Holland an important, part in helping the Allied
armies' advance to defeat the Germans in 1944-5; and the Belgians
secured the vital port of Antwerp all but intact.
This book tells a series of harrowing stories of confusion,
ineptitude, blundering and great courage; and places the minute
details in their proper contexts of strategy and history. It also
provides the first authoritative published account of precisely what
happened in a classic of counter-espionage.
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Please note: to avoid opening the book out, with the
risk of damaging the spine, some of the pages were slightly raised on the
inner edge when being scanned, which has resulted in some blurring to the
text and a
shadow on the inside edge of the final images.
Some of the illustrations may
be shown enlarged for greater detail and clarity.
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an additional amount of 200 grams is added to allow for the packaging
material (all
books are securely wrapped and posted in a cardboard book-box). The weight
of the book and packaging is
then rounded up to the nearest hundred grams to arrive at the postage
figures below. I make no charge for packaging materials and
do not seek to profit
from postage and packaging. Postage can be combined for multiple purchases. |
Packed weight: approximately 1100gr
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Bidders:
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To estimate the
“packed
weight” each book is first weighed and then
an additional amount of 200 grams is added to allow for the packaging
material (all
books are securely wrapped and posted in a cardboard book-box). The
weight of the book and packaging is then rounded up to the nearest
hundred grams to arrive at the postage figures below.
I make no charge for packaging materials and do not
seek to profit
from shipping and handling.
Shipping can
usually be combined for multiple purchases
(to a
maximum
of 5 kilograms in any one parcel with the exception of Canada, where
the limit is 2 kilograms). |
Packed weight: approximately 1100gr
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(please note that the
book shown is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of this
auction)
Book dimensions are given in
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Please
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hardbacks are still invariably described as being ‘cloth’ when they are, in
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