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The Resource Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare : the mavericks who plotted Hitler's defeat, Giles Milton

Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare : the mavericks who plotted Hitler's defeat, Giles Milton

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"Six gentlemen, one goal: the destruction of Hitler's war machine. In the spring of 1939, a top-secret organization was founded in London: its purpose was to plot the destruction of Hitler's war machine through spectacular acts of sabotage. The guerrilla campaign that followed was every bit as extraordinary as the six men who directed it. One of them, Cecil Clarke, was a maverick engineer who had spent the 1930s inventing futuristic caravans. Now, his talents were put to more devious use: he built the dirty bomb used to assassinate Hitler's favorite, Reinhard Heydrich. Another, William Fairbairn, was a portly pensioner with an unusual passion: he was the world's leading expert in silent killing, hired to train the guerrillas being parachuted behind enemy lines. Led by dapper Scotsman Colin Gubbins, these men--along with three others--formed a secret inner circle that, aided by a group of formidable ladies, single-handedly changed the course Second World War: a cohort hand-picked by Winston Churchill, whom he called his Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare. Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare is a gripping and vivid narrative of adventure and derring-do that is also, perhaps, the last great untold story of the Second World War"--
Language
eng
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Publication
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Extent
x, 356 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Note
"Originally published in Great Britain as The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare by John Murray (Publishers)"--Title page verso
Contents
  • The third man
  • Thinking dirty
  • Making bangs for Churchill
  • Sweet Fanny Adams
  • The wild guerrillas of Kent
  • The enemy within
  • The first big bang
  • Killing school
  • Gubbins's pirates
  • A deadly bang
  • Masters of sabotage
  • Czech-mate
  • Sabotage in the mountains
  • Man of steel
  • In the bleak midwinter
  • Enter Uncle Sam
  • Gubbins's Trojan War
  • Fighting with hedgehogs
  • Operation Gubbins
Isbn
9781250119025
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Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare : the mavericks who plotted Hitler's defeat
Title
Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
Title remainder
the mavericks who plotted Hitler's defeat
Statement of responsibility
Giles Milton
Title variation
Mavericks who plotted Hitler's defeat
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Author
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Language
eng
Summary
"Six gentlemen, one goal: the destruction of Hitler's war machine. In the spring of 1939, a top-secret organization was founded in London: its purpose was to plot the destruction of Hitler's war machine through spectacular acts of sabotage. The guerrilla campaign that followed was every bit as extraordinary as the six men who directed it. One of them, Cecil Clarke, was a maverick engineer who had spent the 1930s inventing futuristic caravans. Now, his talents were put to more devious use: he built the dirty bomb used to assassinate Hitler's favorite, Reinhard Heydrich. Another, William Fairbairn, was a portly pensioner with an unusual passion: he was the world's leading expert in silent killing, hired to train the guerrillas being parachuted behind enemy lines. Led by dapper Scotsman Colin Gubbins, these men--along with three others--formed a secret inner circle that, aided by a group of formidable ladies, single-handedly changed the course Second World War: a cohort hand-picked by Winston Churchill, whom he called his Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare. Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare is a gripping and vivid narrative of adventure and derring-do that is also, perhaps, the last great untold story of the Second World War"--
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contains biographical information
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Milton, Giles
Dewey number
940.54/8641
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • plates
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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  • Gubbins, Colin
  • Churchill, Winston
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • Intelligence officers
  • Espionage, British
  • Sabotage
  • Guerrilla warfare
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Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare : the mavericks who plotted Hitler's defeat, Giles Milton
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Publication
Copyright
Note
"Originally published in Great Britain as The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare by John Murray (Publishers)"--Title page verso
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-339) and index
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volume
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  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
The third man -- Thinking dirty -- Making bangs for Churchill -- Sweet Fanny Adams -- The wild guerrillas of Kent -- The enemy within -- The first big bang -- Killing school -- Gubbins's pirates -- A deadly bang -- Masters of sabotage -- Czech-mate -- Sabotage in the mountains -- Man of steel -- In the bleak midwinter -- Enter Uncle Sam -- Gubbins's Trojan War -- Fighting with hedgehogs -- Operation Gubbins
Control code
ocn969152514
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Extent
x, 356 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9781250119025
Lccn
2016039180
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)969152514
Label
Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare : the mavericks who plotted Hitler's defeat, Giles Milton
Publication
Copyright
Note
"Originally published in Great Britain as The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare by John Murray (Publishers)"--Title page verso
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-339) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
The third man -- Thinking dirty -- Making bangs for Churchill -- Sweet Fanny Adams -- The wild guerrillas of Kent -- The enemy within -- The first big bang -- Killing school -- Gubbins's pirates -- A deadly bang -- Masters of sabotage -- Czech-mate -- Sabotage in the mountains -- Man of steel -- In the bleak midwinter -- Enter Uncle Sam -- Gubbins's Trojan War -- Fighting with hedgehogs -- Operation Gubbins
Control code
ocn969152514
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Extent
x, 356 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9781250119025
Lccn
2016039180
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)969152514

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