Table of Contents

List of Maps     ix
A Note on Dialogue     xv
Preface     xvii
Dangerous Beginnings
Shadow War Setback     3
Resistance? What Resistance?     10
A Spark of Rebellion     16
Uncle Sam Joins in     23
The Call for Hazardous Duty
A Slim Chance     35
Anyone Here Speak French?     45
We Just Want to Fight     51
Shrinks with Notepads     59
Making Agents
Killing Lessons     69
Give Her a Ring and Say Good-Bye     76
Happy New Year!     82
Close to Mutiny     88
Eisenhower's Plan     95
Some Shit     105
In Case of Death     112
Initial Targets
Suicide Pills     121
Forget About Vengeance     130
Boys vs. Panzers     137
"Alles Kaputt"     144
Blowing Trains to Bits     152
Back in Action     159
Napoleon's Hat     166
Preparing the Fighters
Manna of Weapons     175
What Would Dad Think?     180
Insubordination     186
The Breakout Approaches     197
"In Grave Danger"     203
France Explodes
Cobra Strike     211
"A Message of the Highest Importance"     219
Flying Body Parts     227
Arrested     235
Jeds Rain Down     243
Leaving a Man to Die     249
Stopping the German Escape
Southern Uprising     257
Withdrawal     265
Like Shooting Quail     268
"Purification"     275
Surrender     283
Epilogue     292
Acknowledgments     299
The Jedburgh Teams and Their Members     305
Notes     315
Sources     365
Permissions     383
Index     385