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Nicholas Rankin Ian Fleming's Commandos (Paperback)
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- Book Title
- Ian Fleming's Commandos : the Story of the Legendary 30 Assault Unit
- Publication Name
- Ian Fleming's Commandos
- Title
- Ian Fleming's Commandos
- Subtitle
- The Story of the Legendary 30 Assault Unit
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 0199361118
- EAN
- 9780199361113
- ISBN
- 9780199361113
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Incorporated
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Literary Criticism, History
- Topic
- Military / World War II, Mystery & Detective, Modern / 20th Century, Europe / Great Britain / General, Political
- Release Year
- 2014
- Release Date
- 01/03/2014
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- IN
- Item Height
- 1.3in
- Item Length
- 5.5in
- Item Width
- 8.1in
- Item Weight
- 15.2 Oz
- Publication Year
- 2014
- Number of Pages
- 416 Pages
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In Ian Fleming's Commandos, Nicholas Rankin tells the exciting story of a secret intelligence outfit conceived and organized by Fleming. Named 30 Assault Unit, the group was expected to seize enemy codebooks, cipher machines, and documents in high-stakes operations. Based on incisive research and written with verve and insight, Ian Fleming's Commandos brings to life a long-obscured chapter of World War II and reveals the inspiration behind Fleming's famous fiction.
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Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0199361118
ISBN-13
9780199361113
eBay Product ID (ePID)
171766993
Product Key Features
Book Title
Ian Fleming's Commandos : the Story of the Legendary 30 Assault Unit
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Military / World War II, Mystery & Detective, Modern / 20th Century, Europe / Great Britain / General, Political
Publication Year
2014
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Literary Criticism, History
Number of Pages
416 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
5.5in
Item Height
1.3in
Item Width
8.1in
Item Weight
15.2 Oz
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"It is, first of all, chock-a-block full of wonderful stories and odd characters, and secondly awash in wonderful, arcane knowledge of the seamy and secret side of World War Two...suavely blended, like one of Bond's Martinis...Rankin has taken wonderful material, and made it into a compellingly readable book, one which Ian Fleming himself would have read with sardonic pleasure."--Michael Korda, The Daily Beast"A kind of cousin to Rankin's own A Genius for Deception: How Cunning Helped the British Win Two World Wars, this will appeal to all readers interested either in Ian Fleming or World War II secret operations."--Library Journal"Nicholas Rankin's fascinating book is an account of the 30AU's progress through the war. From time to time it reads like a Boy's Own story, so flamboyant are the characters and so vivid Rankin's accounts of the deadly scrapes and firefights the commandos found themselves involved in. The research is prodigious and lucid - now I finally understand how an Enigma machine works - and one gains a real sense of how these maverick units functioned, very much akin to the Long Range Desert Group and the fledgling SAS."--William Boyd, The Guardian"Rankin has produced, as my father would have said, a ripping good yarn."--The Washington Independent Review of Books"It's only now that Nicholas Rankin has finally dug out the true story of of 30AU, and what a story it is. Luckily, Rankin has a high degree of technical virtuosity combined with a rip-roaring love of adventure. The result is that not only has he finally done justice to the bravery and ingenuity of Fleming's 'Intelligence Commandos' as they pursued the secrets of the enemy's codes, radar, high-speed submarines and rocketry. He has written an instant classic in the literature of modern warfare."--John Pearson (friend of Fleming) author of Life of Ian Fleming (1966), "It is, first of all, chock-a-block full of wonderful stories and odd characters, and secondly awash in wonderful, arcane knowledge of the seamy and secret side of World War Two...suavely blended, like one of Bond's Martinis...Rankin has taken wonderful material, and made it into a compellingly readable book, one which Ian Fleming himself would have read with sardonic pleasure."--Michael Korda, The Daily Beast "A kind of cousin to Rankin's own A Genius for Deception: How Cunning Helped the British Win Two World Wars, this will appeal to all readers interested either in Ian Fleming or World War II secret operations."--Library Journal "Nicholas Rankin's fascinating book is an account of the 30AU's progress through the war. From time to time it reads like a Boy's Own story, so flamboyant are the characters and so vivid Rankin's accounts of the deadly scrapes and firefights the commandos found themselves involved in. The research is prodigious and lucid - now I finally understand how an Enigma machine works - and one gains a real sense of how these maverick units functioned, very much akin to the Long Range Desert Group and the fledgling SAS."--William Boyd, The Guardian "Rankin has produced, as my father would have said, a ripping good yarn."--The Washington Independent Review of Books "It's only now that Nicholas Rankin has finally dug out the true story of of 30AU, and what a story it is. Luckily, Rankin has a high degree of technical virtuosity combined with a rip-roaring love of adventure. The result is that not only has he finally done justice to the bravery and ingenuity of Fleming's 'Intelligence Commandos' as they pursued the secrets of the enemy's codes, radar, high-speed submarines and rocketry. He has written an instant classic in the literature of modern warfare."--John Pearson (friend of Fleming) author of Life of Ian Fleming (1966), "It is, first of all, chock-a-block full of wonderful stories and odd characters, and secondly awash in wonderful, arcane knowledge of the seamy and secret side of World War Two...suavely blended, like one of Bond's Martinis... Rankin has taken wonderful material, and made it into a compellingly readable book, one which Ian Fleming himself would have read with sardonic pleasure." --Michael Korda, The Daily Beast "A kind of cousin to Rankin's own A Genius for Deception: How Cunning Helped the British Win Two World Wars, this will appeal to all readers interested either in Ian Fleming or World War II secret operations." - Library Journal "Nicholas Rankin's fascinating book is an account of the 30AU's progress through the war. From time to time it reads like a Boy's Own story, so flamboyant are the characters and so vivid Rankin's accounts of the deadly scrapes and firefights the commandos found themselves involved in. The research is prodigious and lucid - now I finally understand how an Enigma machine works - and one gains a real sense of how these maverick units functioned, very much akin to the Long Range Desert Group and the fledgling SAS." - William Boyd, The Guardian "Rankin has produced, as my father would have said, a ripping good yarn." -- The Washington Independent Review of Books
Table of Content
Prologue 1. Day Trip to Dieppe, 1942 2. The Godfather 3. Technology and War 4. The Philosophy of the Pinch 5. Doing Deals 6. The Commandos Get Cracking 7. Mapping the Future 8. Mayhem in the Mahgreb 9. Testing the Waters 10. Invasion of the Islands 11. Freeing the French 12. Breakthrough 13. Operation Plunder 14. Getting the Goods 15. Aftermath
Dewey Decimal
940.54/8641
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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