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Behind the Lines
by Miller, Russell
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Fine Condition
- ISBN 10
- 0712667369
- ISBN 13
- 9780712667364
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About This Item
Pimlico, London, 2003. First Edition. Softcover. Fine Condition. First impression. Size: Octavo 8vo (standard book size). 287 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Pages moderately tanned-. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. This is the story of Special Operations in World War Two as it has never been told before - directly by those who took part. In 'Behind The Lines' Russell Miller presents us with a superb collection of first person accounts of life in the wartime SOE and OSS. The accounts start at the original conception of the organisations and go through describing recuiting, training and of course the operations and missions that these brave special agents set out for, often not to come back, in those dark days of 1941-1945. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Military & Warfare; History. ISBN: 0712667369. ISBN/EAN: 9780712667364. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3259. . 9780712667364
Synopsis
Russell Miller is a prize-winning journalist and the author of six previous books, most recently an acclaimed history of the legendary Magnum photo agency.
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- Bookseller
- Great Southern Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3259
- Title
- Behind the Lines
- Author
- Miller, Russell
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0712667369
- ISBN 13
- 9780712667364
- Publisher
- Pimlico
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2003
- Keywords
- BZDB137 second world war, world war two, SOE, OSS, oral history, military Military & Warfare; History. ISBN: 0712667369 EAN: 9780712667364 Miller, Russell Behind the Lines
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