A compelling collection of memoirs from Colonel David Smiley, whose remarkable military career spanned covert operations in the Second World War and irregular campaigns in the Middle East and beyond.
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From clandestine service with the Special Operations Executive in occupied Europe, to post-war advisory and operational roles in Arabia, Smiley’s experiences offer a rare firsthand account of soldiering in its most unconventional forms. Across shifting theatres and conflicts, he worked alongside resistance fighters, local forces and allied militaries in some of the most complex operational environments of the twentieth century.
Together, these accounts form a vivid portrait of a soldier whose career moved between covert warfare, advisory missions and conventional service. Essential reading for anyone interested in special operations, irregular warfare and British military history in the twentieth century.
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