Churchill's Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare by Giles Milton
The Mavericks Who Plotted to Turn the Tide of War
The book traces how, in the early years of World War II, Churchill championed a shadowy constellation of maverick officers, spies and inventors who built ad hoc units to wage sabotage, raids and deception against the Axis; it profiles the personalities, improvised techniques and daring operations—covert landings, ship-captures, underwater work and acts of demolition—that bypassed conventional military orthodoxy, arguing these unorthodox measures were crucial in disrupting enemy supply lines, gathering intelligence and bolstering Allied morale, while also exploring the ethical ambiguities and bureaucratic rivalries that accompanied Britain’s turn to irregular warfare.
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