Behind the Lines: The Oral History of Special Operations in World War II

This is the story of special operations in the second world war as it has never been told before--directly by those who took part.

Compiled by Russell Miller from interviews, diaries, letters and contemporaneous first-person accounts--many unpublished until now--the oral history in Behind the Lines follows the adventures of the courageous men and women who volunteered for service with the Untied States' Office of Strategic Services and Britain's Special Operations Executive. They parachuted...