| Record Number |
815211 |
| ISBN |
9780735225206 (hardback) |
| Author |
Guiet, Daniel, (Daniel C.) author. |
| Title |
Scholars of mayhem : my father's secret war in Nazi-occupied France / Daniel C. Guiet and Timothy K. Smith. |
| Publisher/Date |
New York : Penguin Press, 2019. |
| ©2019 |
| Pagination etc. |
xvii, 252 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-241) and index. |
| Summary Note |
Scholars of Mayhem tells the story of Jean Claude 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 an underground 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. Scholars of Mayhem adds brilliantly to that picture, and further underscores what a close-run thing the success of the Allied breakout from the Normandy landings actually was. |
| Subject - Name |
Guiet, Jean Claude |
| Subject |
Great Britain. -- Special Operations Executive -- Biography |
| Spies -- United States -- Biography |
| Espionage, American -- France -- History -- 20th century |
| World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Great Britain |
| World War, 1939-1945 -- Military intelligence -- France |
| World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- France |
| Espionage, British -- France |
| Added Author |
Smith, Timothy K. author. |
| Shelf Location |
940.54214 GUIE |
