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Scholars of Mayhem

My Father's Secret War in Nazi-Occupied France

ISBN-13: 9780735225206

Contributor(s): Daniel C. Guiet (author), Timothy K. Smith (author)

Subject: Biography: Historical, Political & Military

Publisher Imprint: Penguin Books (usa)

Publication Date: 06-06-2019

Format: Hardback

Availability: Out of stock

£20.99

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About the book

Scholars of Mayhem tells the story of Jean Claude Guiet and the other three agents in his 'circuit,' codenamed Salesman, a unit of Britain's Special Operations Executive, the secret service ordered by Churchill to 'Set Europe ablaze.' Parachuted into France the day after D-Day, the Salesman team organized, armed, and commanded a ghostly army of 10,000 French Resistance fighters. National pride has kept the story of SOE in France obscure, but of this there is no doubt: While the Resistance had plenty of heart, it was SOE that gave it teeth and claws.