Killing the enemy : assassination operations during World War II /: assassination operations during World War II. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Adam Leong Kok Wey.
• Authors: Wey, Adam Leong Kok
• Contents: INTRODUCTIONIntroductionDefinitionsWhat are Special Operations? What is Leadership Decapitation?Strategic EffectivenessTactical EffectivenessWhy World War II?Review of Relevant LiteratureResearch Methodology, Questions and Hypotheses, and Sources Research Questions and HypothesesSources ConclusionSTRATEGIES OF LEADERSHIP DECAPITATION, STRATEGIC LOGIC, AND NEXUS WITH MORALEIntroductionStrategies of Decapitation and Leader DecapitationSun Tzu: Attacking the enemy's 'strategy'The AssassinsHunting down the leadersStrategic paralysisSoviet Spetsnaz DoctrineThe Logic of Leadership Decapitation The Importance of MoraleConclusionHITLER'S 'HANGMAN' BUTCHERED - CASE STUDY OF OPERATION ANTHROPOIDIntroductionAn outline of the history of CzechoslovakiaThe Fourth ArmWho was Reinhard Heydrich?Why Heydrich needed to be killed?Operation AnthropoidThe outcomeThe findingsConclusionCASE STUDY OF THE KIDNAP OF MAJOR GENERAL KREIPE IN CRETEIntroductionCrete during World War II: A brief outlineCretan resistance activitiesSOE in CreteEarly Commando raids in CreteTo capture the 'Butcher of Crete' (Why?)The operation itselfThe outcomeThe findingsConclusion CASE STUDY OF THE 'YAMAMOTO MISSION'IntroductionYamamoto's backgroundYamamoto's death warrantThe 'Yamamoto Mission'The outcomeThe findingsConclusion CASE STUDY OF OPERATION FLIPPERIntroductionBackground of the Western Desert Campaign (September 1940- December 1941)Enter the CommandosThe Plan to 'Get Rommel'How the operation actually proceededThe outcomeThe findingsGet Rommel, again! (Operation Gaff)Conclusion CONCLUSION: ANALYSIS, RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH, AND CONCLUSIONIntroductionAnalysisStrategically EffectiveTactically EffectiveMAPSBIBLIOGRAPHY.
• Publisher Details: London : I.B. Tauris
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (272 pages)
• Subjects: 940.5486; World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service; Assassination -- Political aspects; Operation Anthropoid, 1942; Operation Flipper, 1941; Operation Vengeance, 1943; Kidnapping, 1944
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780857729705; 0857729705
• Related ISBNs: 9781784530723
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