Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Politics and Strategy in the Clandestine War – New Perspectives in the Study of S.O.E. 2. ‘Of Historical Interest Only’: The Origins and Vicissitudes of the SOE Archive 3. A Glass Half Full – Some Thoughts on the Evolution of the Study of the Special Operations Executive 4. The ‘Massingham’ Mission and the Secret ‘Special Relationship’: Cooperation and Rivalry between the Anglo-American Clandestine Services in French North Africa, November 1942 – May 1943 5. Communist in SOE: Explaining James Klugmann’s Recruitment and Retention 6. ‘Kipling and all that’: American Perceptions of SOE and British Imperial Intrigue in the Balkans, 1943-1945 7. Ungentlemanly Warriors or Unreliable Diplomats? Special Operations Executive and ‘Irregular Political Activities 8. A Succession of Crises: SOE in the Middle East, 1940-1945 9. ‘Toughs and Thugs’: The Mazzini Society and Political Warfare against Italian POWs in India, 1941-1943 10. ‘Against the Grain’: Special Operations Executive in Spain, 1941-1945 11. Special Operations Executive’s Foreign Currency Transactions Index

About the Author

School of Politics, University of Nottingham, UK