A Schoolmaster's War - Harry Ree--A British Agent in the French Resistance
Author(s): Jonathan Ree
The wartime adventures of the legendary SOE agent Harry R e, told in his own words
A school teacher at the start of the war, Harry R e renounced his former pacifism with the fall of France in 1940. He was deployed into a secret branch of the British army and parachuted into central France in April 1943.
Harry showed a particular talent for winning the confidence of local resisters, and guided them in a series of dramatic sabotage operations, before getting into a hand-to-hand fight with an armed German officer, from which he was lucky to escape.
This might seem like a romantic story of heroism and derring-do, but Harry R e's own war writings, superbly edited and contextualized by his son, the philosopher Jonathan R e, are far more nuanced, shot through with doubts, regrets, and grief.
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- : John Wiley Sons Australia Ltd
- : John Wiley Sons Australia Ltd
- : 0.224
- : 26 April 2021
- : 2.041 Centimeters X 13.2 Centimeters X 19.8 Centimeters
- : books
Special Fields
- : Jonathan Ree
- : Jonathan Ree
- : Paperback
- : Paperback
- : English
- : English
- : 240
- : 240