Eastern Approaches

Informationen zum Autor Fitzroy Maclean was a British diplomat who was one of the first Westerners to explore Soviet Russia. He was a founder member of the SAS, and later liaised on behalf of the allies with the Partisans in Yugoslavia. A Member of Parliament for over thirty years, he served as Under-Secretary for War in the Churchill and Eden governments. Among his best-known books are Eastern Approaches , Bonnie Prince Charlie , Portrait of the Soviet Union , All the Russias and Highlanders . Sir Fitzroy Maclean, Bt, died on 15 June 1996. Klappentext Fitzroy Maclean was a British diplomat who was one of the first Westerners to explore Soviet Russia. He was a founder member of the SAS! and later liaised on behalf of the allies with the Partisans in Yugoslavia. A Member of Parliament for over thirty years! he served as Under-Secretary for War in the Churchill and Eden governments. Among his best-known books are Eastern Approaches ! Bonnie Prince Charlie ! Portrait of the Soviet Union ! All the Russias and Highlanders . Sir Fitzroy Maclean! Bt! died on 15 June 1996. Zusammenfassung After adventures in Soviet Russia before the war, Fitztroy Maclean fought with the SAS in North Africa in 1942. This book presents his adventures in the Western Desert and later fighting alongside Tito's partisans in Yugoslavia.

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One of the bravest men in the British army, and one of the funniest

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Fitzroy Maclean
• Edition: Penguin Books Uk
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Poche format B
• Sortie: 06.08.2009
• EAN: 9780141042848
• ISBN: 978-0-14-104284-8
• Pages: 576
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 25 mm
• Thèmes: Penguin World War II Collection; Penguin World War II Collection
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire > Général, dictionnaires; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sciences politiques > Théories de l'Etat et administration politique; European History, HISTORY / Military / World War II, HISTORY / Military / Special Forces, Second World War, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), General and world history, Modern warfare, c 1940 to c 1949, Special & elite forces, Special and elite forces