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Behind Enemy Lines: Gender, Passing and the Special Operation Executive in the Second World War (Cultural History of Modern war)
Behind Enemy Lines Gender Passing and the Special Operation Executive in the Second World War - Cultural History of Modern war Author:Juliette Pattinson Behind Enemy Lines is an examination of gender relations in wartime using the Special Operations Executive as a case study. Drawing on personal testimonies, official records, and film, it explores the extraordinary experiences of male and female agents who were recruited and trained by a British organization and infiltrated Nazi-Occupied ... more »France to encourage sabotage and subversion during the Second World War. It examines how ordinary, law-abiding civilians were transformed into paramilitary secret agents equipped with silent killing techniques and trained in unarmed combat. This examination of the agents of an officially sponsored insurgent organization makes a major contribution to British socio-cultural history, war studies, and gender studies. It will appeal to both the general reader as well as to those in the academic community.« less