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　　For this oral history of special operations in World War II,

Miller, the author of a previous oral history of the D-Day invasion

(Nothing Less Than Victory), used personal interviews with the

survivors (both from British Special Operations Executives and the

U.S. Office of Strategic Services) and their letters to tell each

dramatic story. Chapters center on the war's major events, with the

fighting in Europe getting larger coverage than that in the

Pacific. Each person tells a convincing story of high risk and

occasional adventure heightened by the likelihood of capture by the

enemy. Capture often meant torture, imprisonment, and death, and

life expectancy was about six weeks. Special agents were more often

than not turned in by civilians. Each narrative is a true

accomplishment and all the more so (from a detached reader's point

of view, at least) if the agent were caught. An enjoyable and

fascinating read, this book should be of interest to subject

specialists or general readers who like the World War II works of

Stephen Ambrose or Cornelius Ryan. Recommended for both public and

academic libraries.

Mark Ellis, Albany State Univ., GA

Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers

to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Miller's hook is readers' unflagging fascination with the agents

who parachuted into Nazi-occupied Europe. Also fueling the

popularity of WW II-themed espionage fiction (e.g., Alan Furst's

spy novels), these readers are a natural audience for Miller's

anthology. Compiled from interviews diaries, letters, and

first-person accounts, these stories form an oral history of the

adventures of men and women with Britain's Special Operations

Executives and the U.S. Office of Strategic Services. Gilbert

Taylor

Copyright © American Library Association. All rights

reserved --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable

edition of this title.

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Prepared for any situation from averting interrogation through suicide to derailing a train with nothing but an overcoat-and supplied with such useful items as expertly forged documents, exploding rats, and invisible ink-the men and women of the O.S.S. and the S.O.E. were sent behind enemy lines to cause mayhem, often alone, with an average life expectancy of six weeks. These are their stories in their own words.