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Setting the Med Ablaze: Churchill's Secret North African Base (Special Operations Executive) Kindle Edition

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Who is to be trusted less - your enemy or your ally?

If you like finding out what really happened in the secret Second World War, you will enjoy Setting the Med Ablaze.
In the tradition of Ben MacIntyre and Antony Beevor, it tells the story of the secret Mediterranean base called Massingham. Americans, Brits, French, Italians and Spaniards operated undercover together to defeat Hitler. The subversion and sabotage they spearheaded was crucial to undermining Fascist power in Italy, France and the Mediterranean.
It wasn't easy. Often, they mistrusted each other as much as their common foe.
But it worked. The men and women of Massingham found the courage to rise above the political differences of their capitals. The lives of brave agents were in their hands: parachuting on to a moonlit field, rowing from a silent submarine to a blacked-out beach or transmitting from a clandestine radio.
Discover Massingham's role in Italy's surrender, the conquest of the Mediterranean islands and 'the other D-Day' in Southern France.
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Peter Dixon aims to bring history to life through human stories on war and peace. He served for over 30 years as a Royal Air Force pilot and spent the next decade leading the charity Concordis International in its conflict resolution work in Sudan and other divided societies. His PhD research at the University of Cambridge focused on outside intervention in civil wars. His other writing includes Guardians of Churchill's Secret Army, which tells the stories of the men who joined the Special Operations Executive to keep Churchill's secret saboteurs safe. He and his wife Ingrid, also an author, work from their home in Gloucestershire, England, when their five grandchildren allow them to do so. --This text refers to the hardcover edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08B9LTZ2T
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Cloudshill Press (July 16, 2020)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 16, 2020
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 11463 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 334 pages

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Peter Dixon is a researcher, lecturer and author who writes nonfiction, with a focus on war and peace. He served for over 30 years as a Royal Air Force pilot and spent the next decade leading the charity Concordis International in its conflict resolution work in Sudan and other divided societies. He completed his PhD at the University of Cambridge in 2015 on outside intervention in civil wars.

He and his wife Ingrid, also an author, work from their home in Gloucestershire, England, when their five grandchildren allow them to do so.

His writing includes:

- 'Amazon Task Force', the story of a medical expedition in the Peruvian Amazon.

- 'Guardians of Churchill's Secret Army', which tells the stories of the men who joined the Special Operations Executive to keep Churchill's secret saboteurs safe.

- 'Peacemakers: A Christian View of War and Peace',

- 'Divided by History: Roots of Sudanese Conflict', which traces the origins of modern violence.

- 'Gain Save Give: Doing the right thing with money', updating John Wesley's personal finance advice for the 21st century.

- 'Tightrope Walking' (chapter) in 'Making Peace with Faith: The Challenges of Religion and Peacebuilding' (editors Michelle Garred and Mohammed Abu-Nimer).

- 'Locally Driven Track 1 1/2 and Track 2 Diplomacy' (chapter), in 'Locally Led Peacebuilding: Global Case Studies' (editors Stacey L Cunningham and Jessica Berns).

- 'Strategic Peacebuilding and the Sudanese Peace Process (chapter), in 'Making and Breaking Peace in Sudan and South Sudan: The ‘Comprehensive’ Peace Agreement and Beyond', (editors Sarah Nouwen, Sharath Srinavasan and Laura James).

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Ramon

Excellent Coverage of a Neglected Subject

Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2023

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Peter Dixon has written what will probably be the definitive work on the Massingham, the Special Operations Executive (SOE) base in North Africa. He shows how the men and women of Massingham helped to "set the Med ablaze." Well written and extensively researched, this is a 'must have' volume for anyone interested in SOE in particular or Special Operations in general.

Reviewed in the United States on May 13, 2021

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A very interesting commentary on a portion of the war effort that is barely known. It can be a bit dry in places.

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James Ellsworth

Real History; Detailed and Slow Reading

Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2020

I was invited to review a pre-publication version of this history. Since then, I have been overwhelmed by the details, fascinating though they may be for interested readers. The version of the text I was offered needed editing for 'flow' and to organize around the need for so many repetitions as the author works his way back to catch up with a previous thread. Probably, not a name has been left out, nor has a single policy meeting with its differences of opinion and the circumstances that drove those differences. This work is 'hard core' history...but it is not 'best written history.' An extensive Index of Names and plenty of footnotes make up almost 40 percent to the book's length. Great resource for professionals. If you HAVE the interest, and are in the current 'Lock Down', this book will see you through!

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Too much detail, not enough action

Reviewed in the United States on September 18, 2020

The description of this book sounded like the kind of history I enjoy, recounting events that changed the world in some way. Unfortunately, the writing was not up to the subject matter. The story plodded along, full of details and events long before the actual North African campaign began.

The lists of names of personnel, which I promptly forgot and had to constantly refer back to, and acronyms, which I didn’t even pretend to learn, were mind boggling. Overwhelmed, I had to let it go and stop reading before my head exploded.

If you yearn to know the details of what everyone on this mission ate for dinner, this is the book for you. If not, you should probably move on to a more accessible account.

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atexasmarine

Women, World War II, and Spies? Crazy Talk!

Reviewed in the United States on June 24, 2020

Women spies of WWII? Can't be! Yes, it can. Some of the most effective operators were women. This book does a great job of explaining a group of women spies in the Mediterranean Area of Operations. The writing is clear and brisk. Some writers are rather dull but this feels like it's happening. I admit to being partial to World War II and real spy stories and women involved in what is usually considered male territory. This book has all three.

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Reviewed in the United States on July 4, 2020

I found this book interesting. I never knew some of the things in this book and find myself wanting to research farther.

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Debbie Rozier

A Secret Base and It’s Importance in WWII

Reviewed in the United States on June 24, 2020

This is a well researched book that tells about a secret Allied base in North Africa called Massingham and the people who trained there. I found it interesting and thanks to this book I appreciate why Winston Churchill found this base to be of great importance. The stories are told clearly. I also appreciate all the additional materials such as the timeline at the end of the book. The pictures and maps throughout the book help support the author and give additional clarification. I enjoy nonfiction books about WWII and didn’t know anything about this base and it’s contributions. It also challenged me to look further at some of the places and people that are talked about in this book.

I received an ARC from Hidden Gems in exchange for an honest review.

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edmund elmhirst

Captain Oughton's bravery.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 15, 2022

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Book of extrteme interest for me as there was a write up about my House Master, John Oughton. He with the SOE in France in WW2 and highly respected - so much so, I attended a commemoration service in a French village five years ago - May 8th, Victory in Euripe Day, the end of Germany's occupation of France. That day, May 8th , that I was privileged to have been asked to attend the commemoration, was a celebration as to the courage of the British SOE during WW2 in that part of France, culminating in a wonderful lunch in the village restaurant for about 70 villagers and dignatories lasting to late in the evening.

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Wossit4

Fascinating insight into a secret world

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 7, 2020

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This is a very informative book for anyone interested in wartime clandestine units and their operations. Well written and researched by an author who brings a whole secret world to light after 80 years in the dark.
A very welcome addition to my growing collection of SOE books.

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