After the fall of France in 1940 during World war II, an array of military units sprang into existence as part of the British special forces. Commandos, such as the Long-Range Desert Group, the Special Boat Section and Squadron, the Chindits,Popski's provate Army, and the legendary Special Air Service, operated in every theater of war and set an axample that militaries around the world have since followed. WAR BEHIND ENEMY LINES is based on the reports, letters, diaries, memoirs, and taped interviews of those who served. As well as the triumphs, the book tells of the frustrations and disasters the befell those who volunteered to fight this lonely and dangerous war behind enemy lines.
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Book Description
Editorial Reviews
About the Author
Julian Thompson served for thirty-four years with the Royal Marines, retiring as a major-general. He commanded the 3rd Commando Brigade that carried out the initial landings to repossess the Falkland Islands in 1982, and saw action in most of the battles that followed. He is now a visiting senior research fellow at the Department of War Studies, King's College, London. He is the author of The Imperial War Museum Book Of Victory in Europe, and the Imperial War Museum Book of the War at Sea.
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
More About the Author
Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good resource except for Long Range Penetration information,
By Aaron Eitan Meyer (Northport, NY) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Imperial War Museum Book of War Behind Enemy Lines (Paperback)
In order to give an accurate portrayal of this work, it's contents must be analyzed separately. Its information pertaining to the Long Range Desert Group, SAS, and so forth is engaging, accurate, and comprehensive. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for the sections pertaining to the Chindit expeditions of General Orde Wingate. In these chapters, unlike the rest of the volume, much information is ignored, and very few sources are cited, astonishingly few considering the mass of information held at the Imperial War Museum itself pertaining to Wingate. As an example, Bernard Fergusson, Chindit column and brigade leader, is cited as a source, but it is not his earlier, more accurate work Beyond the Chindwin that is cited, but a later book, wherein his own personal recollections have been altered due to prodding by the Official Historians. Similarly, Shelford Bidwell's unbalanced book, Chindit War is a source, while there is no mention of the firsthand accounts by, among others, Chindits Peter Mead and Mike Calvert, not to mention historian David Rooney's illuminating works on the area. Instead, the take on Wingate is not dissimilar in any concrete way to the Official History by S Woodburn Kirby, a work which is decidedly, and unprofessionally, biased against the work of Wingate and his men. Still, all in all, the book is a valuable and readable resource for those interested in war behind enemy lines in World War II, with the exception of the Wingate information. Caveat emptor.
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
Tag this product(What's this?)Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organize and find favorite items. |
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
