{"product_id":"beacons-in-the-night-with-the-oss-and-titos-partisans-in-wartime-yugoslavia-9780804725880","title":"Beacons in the Night With the OSS and Titos","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is a 3-in-1 bargain: a gripping tale of adventure; a solid contribution to the history of World War II; and an illuminating introduction to the contemporary tragedy of Yugoslavia.\" —Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. Lindsay's memoirs are largely based on newly declassified materials. 25 illustrations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Lindsay's memoir of his experiences as an American OSS officer with Tito's Partisans stands as a classic work of Resistance literature, but the book's overriding importance lies in its clarification of the ethnic\/religious tensions that led to the present Balkan tragedy. . . . The book combines a rousing personal adventure story with new information on the Partisan contribution to the Allied war effort, and at the same time provides a useful lesson in Balkan history that is directly pertinent to the current bloodshed.\" -- \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This first-hand account of resistance warfare and internal political gamesmanship among Tito's forces is a compelling introduction to an area whose ethnic hatred remains so much a part of today's news.\" -- John R. Vallely, Siena College Library, Loudonville * N.Y. *\u003cbr\u003e\"A cracking good tale of covert operations.\" * Roland Green *\u003cbr\u003e\"This is a marvellous book, a gripping adventure story which is also an important historical memoir of direct relevance to today's Yugoslavia. . . . It is a brilliantly intelligent account of the nature of subversive operations and of the politics and stategy of the Yugoslav campaign. It is also splendidly written, with the freshness of a text penned in the immediate aftermath of the arresting events it describes.\" -- \u003ci\u003eThe Daily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. To Slovenia by parachute; 2. Preparing for the mission; 3. First days with the partisans; 4. Crossing the border; 5. Inside the Third Reich; 6. Blowing up Germany's railroads; 7. Night marches and hidden hospitals; 8. The partisans organise a shadow government; 9. Radios, codes and codebreakers; 10. Liberation of a mountain valley; 11. The lure of Austria; 12. Failure in Austria; 13. Revolution comes into the open; 14. The German winter offensive begins; 15. Ethnic and ideological wars in Croatia; 16. Tito's government takes control in Belgrade; 17. The defeat of the Chetniks; 18. Communist rule becomes absolute; 19. The Cold War begins in Trieste; 20. In the wake of the hot war; 21. How it all turned out; Appendix; Notes; Index.","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405506814295,"sku":"9780804725880","price":26.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804725880.jpg?v=1730492156","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/beacons-in-the-night-with-the-oss-and-titos-partisans-in-wartime-yugoslavia-9780804725880","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}