Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: The Mavericks Who Plotted Hitler's Defeat

by Giles Milton

Book Overview

Six gentlemen, one goal: the destruction of Hitler's war machine

In the spring of 1939, a top-secret organization was founded in London: its purpose was to plot the destruction of Hitler's war machine through spectacular acts of sabotage.

The guerrilla campaign that followed was every bit as extraordinary as the six men who directed it. One of them, Cecil Clarke, was a maverick engineer who had spent the 1930s inventing futuristic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250119022
• ISBN13: 9781250119025
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: Picador USA
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.4" x 9.3"