Introduction / Mark Seaman -- 1. 'A new instrument of war' : the origins of the Special Operations Executive / Mark Seaman -- 2. Weapons and equipment of the Special Operations Executive / Paul Cornish -- 3. SOE and sea communications / Brooks Richards -- 4. Churchill and SOE / David Stafford -- 5. Hugh Dalton, Poland and SOE, 1940-42 / Terry Charman -- 6. SOE and Milorg : 'thieves on the same market' / Ivar Kraolund -- 7. SOE in the low countries / M.R.D. Foot -- 8. SOE in Italy / Christopher Woods -- 9. Resistance from abroad : Anglo-Soviet efforts to coordinate Yugoslav resistance, 1941-42 / Mark Wheeler -- 10. SOE in Romania / Maurice Pearton -- 11. SOE in Afghanistan / Bradley F. Smith
Summary
Presenting an assessment of the Special Operations Executive (SOE), this text explores the organization from a range of key angles, as well as looking at how it has influenced the worldwide response to the irregular warfare which has characterized the second half of the 20th century
