The Shadow Warriors of World War II

The Shadow Warriors of World War II
The Shadow Warriors of World War II

The Shadow Warriors of World War II

The Daring Women of the OSS and SOE
By Gordon Thomas, By Greg Lewis

HISTORY

304 Pages, 6 x 9

Formats: Cloth, Mobipocket, PDF, EPUB

Cloth, $26.99 (US $26.99) (CA $35.99)

ISBN 9781613730867

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Chicago Review Press (Jan 2017)

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Overview

In a dramatically different tale of espionage and conspiracy in World War II, Shadow Warriors of World War II unveils the history of the courageous women who volunteered to work behind enemy lines. Sent into Nazi-occupied Europe by the United States’ Office of Strategic Services (OSS) and Britain’s Special Operations Executive (SOE), these women helped establish a web of resistance groups across the continent. Their heroism, initiative, and resourcefulness contributed to the Allied breakout of the Normandy beachheads and even infiltrated Nazi Germany at the height of the war, into the very heart of Hitler’s citadel—Berlin. Young and daring, the female agents accepted that they could be captured, tortured, or killed, but others were always readied to take their place. Women of enormous cunning and strength of will, the Shadow Warriors’ stories have remained largely untold until now.

Reviews

"The riveting stories of the courageous British and American female special agents rattle out in quick-fire bursts from these pages. But what gives this book weight is the interweaving of the SOE and OSS narratives, all to much divorced in histories of the secret war." —Clare Mulley, author of The Spy Who Loved: The Secrets and Lives
of Christine Granville and The Woman Who Saved the Children


“A welcome addition to WWII literature.” —Kirkus Reviews


“This is an invaluable historical account, shedding light on the heroism and bravery of the women spies who helped usher the Allied forces toward a victory.” —ForeWord


“Exceptionally well written, organized and presented, Shadow Warriors of World War II is strongly and unreservedly recommended as a critically important contribution to community, college, and university library World War II Military History collections and supplemental studies reading lists.” —Midwest Book Review


“There is no shortage of suspense and agony, all written in a smooth and easy-to-read style." —The Internet Review of Books

Author Biography

Gordon Thomas is the author of Gideon’s Spies and Operation Exodus, and the recipient of two Mark Twain Society Awards, an Edgar Allan Poe Award, and the Citizens Commission for Human Rights Lifetime Achievement Award for Investigative Journalism. Greg Lewis is a journalist, BAFTA-award winning producer, and author of several books, including A Bullet Saved My Life and The Death of Justice.