What did SOE really achieve during the Second World War? Why were
so many agents parachuted into enemy hands? Who chose to back
Communist guerrillas in Yugoslavia, Hungary, Romania, Albania,
Greece and Malaya in preference to other anti-Axis movements? In
this new and revised edition Nigel West strips away the secrecy
that has surrounded the Special Operations Executive since it was
officially wound up in 1946, and reveal the breath-taking political
naivety, operational incompetence and ruthless manipulation.
Despite the heroism of individual agents who suffered appalling
privation to further the organisation's dubious objectives, there
is an underlying tragedy of dreadful proportions. Secret War is a
detailed analysis of SOE's structure and performance and describes
its successes and failures across the globe. The book casts doubt
on the official histories authorised by the Cabinet Office and
offers evidence of the setbacks that jeopardized D-Day and gives an
account of the paramilitary units dropped behind enemy lines
immediately after the invasion which saved SOE's reputation. This
book is a highly provocative but authoritative history of the
organisation that existed for less than six years but was to have a
lasting impact on the world's post-war development.
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