Table of Contents

Foreword Introduction 1 With Backs to the Wall: Taking Back the Initiative 2 "Setting Europe Ablaze": The Creation of the SOE 3 A Man Called Intrepid: The Beginning of the Canadian Connection  4 Out of Europe: BSC and SOE Operations in the Americas 5 Killing Two Birds with One Stone: The Creation of Camp X  6 Shrouded in Secrecy: Training and the Introduction of Hydra at Camp X 7 Down to Business: Operations in Europe   8 “The Simplest Things in War ...": Clausewitzian Frictions  9 Turning Theory to Reality: Canadians on SOE Operations  10 Reckoning: The Value of the SOE in the Second World War  11 Settling Accounts: The SOE at War’s End Acknowledgements  List of Abbreviations  Notes  Index  About the Author

About the Author

Colonel Bernd Horn is a retired Canadian Regular Force infantry officer and military educator. Dr. Horn has authored, co-authored, or edited more than forty books, including No Easy Task: Fighting in Afghanistan and No Lack of Courage: Operation Medusa, Afghanistan. He lives in Kingston, Ontario.