Tigers burning bright : SOE heroes in the Far East

The story ofathe remarkable effortsato bolster Britain's defensive capabilityain SouthaEastaAsiaain the face ofatheaJapanese threat after 1941 Alan Ogden brings to life the extraordinary story of SOE in the Far East as an organization battling against vested interests and competing Allied agencies and how over time it became a significant provider of strategic and tactical intelligence as well as carrying out countless dangerous missions behind enemy lines, some of which inflicted massive losses on the enemy. Behind this history lie the stories of some exceptional men who defied all odds in successfully prosecuting the war against a ruthless and efficient enemy in one of nature's toughest and most dangerous environments, the jungle.aOgden draws on both published and unpublished sources to tell their remarkable stories, always ensuring that the political context of their missions is fully explained." The story of the remarkable efforts to bolster Britain's defensive capability in South East Asia in the face of the Japanese threat after 1941Alan Ogden brings to life the extraordinary story of SOE in the Far East as an organization battling against vested interests and competing Allied agencies and how over time it became a significant provider of strategic and tactical intelligence as well as carrying out countless dangerous missions behind enemy lines, some of which inflicted massive losses on the enemy. Behind this history lie the stories of some exceptional men who defied all odds in successfully prosecuting the war against a ruthless and efficient enemy in one of nature's toughest and most dangerous environments, the jungle. Ogden draws on both published and unpublished sources to tell their remarkable stories, always ensuring that the political context of their missions is fully explained.--Provided by the publisher Following the success of A Spur Called Courage and Sons of Odysseus, Alan Ogden continues his exploration of the Special Operations Executive and their wartime exploits. Leaving behind Europe, he brings to life the remarkable efforts to bolster Britain's defensive capability in South East Asia in the face of the Japanese threat after 1941. Alan Ogden brings to life the remarkable efforts to bolster Britain's defensive capability in South East Asia that the Special Operations Executive went to in the face of the Japanese threat after 1941