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I. B. Tauris & Company Killing the Enemy: Assassination Operations During World War II (International Library of Twentieth Century History)

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During World War II, the British formed a secret division, the 'SOE' or Special Operations Executive, in order to support resistance organisations in occupied Europe. It also engaged in 'targeted killing' - the assassination of enemy political and military leaders. The unit is famous for equipping its agents with tools for use behind enemy lines, such as folding motorbikes, miniature submarines and suicide pills disguised as coat buttons. But its activities are now also gaining attention as a forerunner to today's 'extra-legal' killings of wartime enemies in foreign territory, for example through the use of unmanned drones. Adam Leong's work evaluates the effectiveness of political assassination in wartime using four examples: Heydrich's assassination in Prague (Operation Anthropoid); the daring kidnap of Major General Kreipe in Crete by Patrick Leigh Fermor; the failed attempt to assassinate Rommel, known as Operation Flipper; and the American assassination of General Yamamoto.

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Brand: I. B. Tauris & Company
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 1784530727
Category: Books > Subjects > History > Europe > Great Britain
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 28 September 2015
Listed Since: 23 May 2014

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