Skip to content
You are not logged in |Login  
     
Limit search to available items
Book Cover
book
BookBook
Author Jones, Benjamin F., 1966- author.

Title Eisenhower's Guerrillas : The Jedburghs, the Maquis, and the Liberation of France / Benjamin F. Jones.

Publication Info. New York : Oxford University Press, [2016]

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Granby, Main Library - Adult  940.54 JON    Check Shelf
Description xiii, 384 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-358) and index.
Contents Prologue : Eisenhower's dilemma -- Guerrilla warfare and the design of the jedburghs -- Enter the Americans -- Recreating France and the rise of the résistance -- North African rehearsal -- The politics running into D-Day -- The struggle for control -- The free French battle for Brittany and Eisenhower battles for the free French -- Setting the trap -- The fog of war in eastern France -- Conclusion : Eisenhower's Guerrillas in history and memory.
Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- France.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- France.
Guerrillas -- France -- History -- 20th century.
Special forces (Military science) -- France -- History -- 20th century.
Special operations (Military science) -- France -- History -- 20th century.
World War (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst01180924
Guerrillas. (OCoLC)fst00948935
Military campaigns. (OCoLC)fst01710190
Secret service. (OCoLC)fst01110661
Special forces (Military science) (OCoLC)fst01128929
Special operations (Military science) (OCoLC)fst01128975
Underground movements, War. (OCoLC)fst01355184
France. (OCoLC)fst01204289
Andra världskriget 1939-1945.
Motståndsrörelser.
Slaget om Normandie 1944.
D-dagen 1944.
Specialstyrkor.
France.
Chronological Term 1900 - 1999
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Title Jedburghs, the Maquis, and the liberation of France
ISBN 9780199942084
0199942080
9780199942091 (ebk)
9780199351831
019935183X
0199942099
-->
Add a Review