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Benjamin Cowburn (1909–1994)

Autor(a) de No Cloak, No Dagger

1 Work 88 Membros 1 Review

About the Author

'No Cloak, No Dagger epitomises so much of what was best in the early years of the British war effort, not just in SOE but in what Cowburn calls the Poor Bloody Infantry and the RAF as well. If there is a better SOE memoir, I hope someone will tell me its name' Sebastian Faulks 'Like my fellow mostrar mais agents. I was to pass for an average Frenchman, while secretly organizing the sabotage of selected targets. For this, explosives, incendiary devices and weapons had to be received and delivered to the right people, [to] Frenchmen and Frenchwomen who wished neither to collaborate nor to wait in misery...Beside the official, loud-voiced, arrogant world of collaboration and the sad, sullen world of official everyday life, was beginning to form the hidden, glowing world of faith and resistance. It was the privilege of a special agent to discover and recruit these fine people.' Benjamin Cowburn mostrar menos

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Obras por Benjamin Cowburn

No Cloak, No Dagger (1960) 88 exemplares

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Conhecimento Comum

Nome legal
Cowburn, Benjamin Hodkinson
Data de nascimento
1909-3-13
Data de falecimento
1994-12-17
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
United Kingdom
Local de nascimento
Lancashire, England
Local de falecimento
Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France
Organizações
Special Operations Executive
Prémios e menções honrosas
Military Cross
Legion d'Honneur
Croix de Guerre

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Críticas

The experiences of one of the early english spies parachuted into France toassist in the establishment of the resistance movement and development of contant networks.
While it was obvious these activities were dangerous I did not get that feeling from the book, where a lot of time was spent cycling around France and only a vague idea of what was going on.
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TheWasp | Jan 22, 2012 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
1
Membros
88
Popularidade
#209,356
Avaliação
½ 3.7
Críticas
1
ISBN
5

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