Description
This is, in fact, the training manual of the S.O.E in World War 2… and not little excerpts (like some authors offer…) this is the whole manual; over 500 pages!
This document was the official training manual for every allied spy and counter-espionage agent in World War 2.
Written by the S.O.E. (M.I.6), it was soon picked up and used by the American OSS (the originators of the CIA).
In great detail, it describes such subjects as Explosives, Fieldcraft, Cyphers, and Propoganda.
Great care has been taken to deliver the manual in its original style and format.
The document is dated at 1943, and as far as we know is published in its entirety.
At over 500 kindle pages, it is both exhaustive and painstakingly detailed.
For instance… ” 5. Searching a Prisoner, if you are armed…. Kill him first. If that is inconvenient, make him lie face to the ground, hands out in front of him. Knock him out, with rifle butt, side or butt of the pistol or with your boot. Then search him.”
Nice, huh? Not exactly ‘Geneva Convention’ stuff.
A great read, superb information, and a unique insight into a dark age of history.
Introduction by Ian Hall
If you’ve ever wondered what it was like to be trained as a spy, this book is for you.
Buy this superb piece of history today!
Also, look out for Ian’s newest reference;
Churchill’s Secret Armies… War without Rules; Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare.
(A great look at the many secret ‘special forces’, units and departments that Churchill formed to win the war.)
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