{"product_id":"churchills-ministry-of-ungentlemanly-warfare-the-mavericks-who-plotted-hitlers-defeat-9781250119032","title":"Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: The Mavericks Who Plotted Hitler's Defeat","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSix Gentlemen, One Goal: the Destruction of Hitler's War Machine\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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 of the Second World War: a cohort hand-picked by Winston Churchill, whom he called his Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGiles Milton's\u003ci\u003e Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-11080513\"\u003eGiles Milton\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/06\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250119032\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1250119030\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO008000\"\u003eMilitary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS015070\"\u003eEurope | Great Britain | 20th Century\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS027290\"\u003eMilitary | Intelligence \u0026amp; Espionage\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGiles Milton\u003c\/b\u003e is the internationally bestselling author of a dozen works of narrative history, including \u003ci\u003eSoldier, Sailor, Frogman, Spy, Airman, Gangster, Kill or Die: How the Allies Won on D-Day\u003c\/i\u003e. His book, \u003ci\u003eChurchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare\u003c\/i\u003e, is the basis for a major TV series. Milton's other works\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003epublished in twenty-five languages\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003einclude \u003ci\u003eNathaniel's Nutmeg\u003c\/i\u003e, serialized by the BBC. He lives in London and Burgundy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43833045319819,"sku":"9781250119032","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/5100\/7115\/files\/img_176c13f4-5ce4-43be-8c81-7a655048e661.jpg?v=1755629390","url":"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/churchills-ministry-of-ungentlemanly-warfare-the-mavericks-who-plotted-hitlers-defeat-9781250119032","provider":"CA Corrections Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}