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Bibliography Information:
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Collection:
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Adult Nonfiction |
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Call Number:
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940.54 Milton |
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Author:
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Milton, Giles |
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Title:
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Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare : |
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Remainder of title:
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the mavericks who plotted Hitler's defeat / |
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Summary, etc. note:
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"Six gentlemen, one goal: the destruction of Hitler's war machine. In the spring of 1939, a top-secret organization was founded in London: its purpose was to plot the destruction of Hitler's war machine through spectacular acts of sabotage. The guerrilla campaign that followed was every bit as extraordinary as the six men who directed it. One of them, Cecil Clarke, was a maverick engineer who had spent the 1930s inventing futuristic caravans. Now, his talents were put to more devious use: he built the dirty bomb used to assassinate Hitler's favorite, Reinhard Heydrich. Another, William Fairbairn, was a portly pensioner with an unusual passion: he was the world's leading expert in silent killing, hired to train the guerrillas being parachuted behind enemy lines. Led by dapper Scotsman Colin Gubbins, these men--along with three others--formed a secret inner circle that, aided by a group of formidable ladies, single-handedly changed the course Second World War: a cohort hand-picked by Winston Churchill, whom he called his Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare. Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare is a gripping and vivid narrative of adventure and derring-do that is also, perhaps, the last great untold story of the Second World War"-- |
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International Standard Book Number:
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9781250119025 (hardback) |
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Description conventions:
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rda |
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Authentication code:
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pcc |
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Geographic area code:
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e-uk--- |
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Geographic area code:
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e------ |
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Classification number:
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D810.S7 |
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Item number:
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M49 2017 |
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Edition number:
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23 |
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Classification number:
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940.54/8641 |
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Source of number:
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bisacsh |
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Classification number:
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BIO008000 |
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Classification number:
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HIS027100 |
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Classification number:
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HIS015000 |
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Relator term:
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author. |
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Uniform title:
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Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare |
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Statement of responsibility, etc.:
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Giles Milton. |
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Edition statement:
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First U.S. edition. |
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Place of publication:
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New York, N.Y. |
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Name of publisher:
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Picador |
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Date of publication:
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2016 |
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Projected publication date:
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1702 |
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New York : |
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Picador, |
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2017. |
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Extent:
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x; 356 pages; 25 cm |
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Other physical details:
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b/ill.; |
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Accompanying material:
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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rdacontent |
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text |
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txt |
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rdamedia |
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unmediated |
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rdacarrier |
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volume |
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nc |
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General note:
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"Originally published in Great Britain as The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare by John Murray (Publishers)"--Title page verso. |
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Provided by publisher. |
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Source of acquisition:
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B & T 04/10/2017 |
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Purchase price:
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$ 28.00 |
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Personal name:
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Gubbins, Colin, |
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Personal name:
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Churchill, Winston, |
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Titles and other words associated with a name:
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Sir, |
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Dates associated with a name:
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1896-1976. |
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Dates associated with a name:
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1874-1965 |
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General subdivision:
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Friends and associates. |
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Source of heading or term:
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bisacsh |
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Source of heading or term:
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bisacsh |
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Source of heading or term:
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bisacsh |
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Subject:
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World War, 1939-1945 |
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Subject:
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World War, 1939-1945 |
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Subject:
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World War, 1939-1945 |
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Subject:
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Intelligence officers |
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Subject:
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Espionage, British |
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Subject:
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Sabotage |
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Subject:
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Guerrilla warfare |
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Subject:
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military. |
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Subject:
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HISTORY / Military / World War II. |
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Subject:
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HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain. |
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Form subdivision:
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Biography. |
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General subdivision:
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Military intelligence |
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General subdivision:
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Secret service |
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General subdivision:
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Underground movements |
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General subdivision:
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History |
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General subdivision:
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History |
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General subdivision:
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History |
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Chronological subdivision:
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20th century. |
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Chronological subdivision:
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20th century. |
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Chronological subdivision:
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20th century. |
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Geographic subdivision:
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Great Britain. |
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Geographic subdivision:
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Great Britain. |
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Geographic subdivision:
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Europe. |
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Geographic subdivision:
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Great Britain |
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Geographic subdivision:
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Europe |
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Geographic subdivision:
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Europe |
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Geographic subdivision:
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Europe |
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Main entry heading:
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Milton, Giles, author. |
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Edition:
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First U.S. edition. |
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Place, publisher, and date of publication:
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New York : Picador, 2017 |
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Display text:
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Online version: |
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Title:
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Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare |
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Record control number:
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(DLC) 2017002167 |
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International Standard Book Number:
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9781250119049 |
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acquire |
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1 shelf copy |
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policy default |
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rf14 2017-01-13 |
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rf14 2017-01-13 telework ONIX |
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rf14 2017-01-17 telework; new NAR done; British edition is not in LC data base; to SL |
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rf07 2017-01-17 (telework) to Dewey |
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xm06 2017-01-17 |
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Jeremy Pink; phone: 646-438-6125; email: jeremy.pink@stmartins.com; bc: jeremy.pink@stmartins.com |