Tonight at the Pritzker Military Library
OPERATION JEDBURGH: D-Day and America's First Shadow War
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Thursday, June 1st, 2006 |
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On D-Day, three hundred young American and Allied soldiers were dropped behind enemy lines to launch a secret sabotage mission code-named Jedburgh. Working with the French Resistance, the "Jeds" launched a stunningly effective guerrilla campaign against the German war machine. In this compelling narrative, Colin Beavan, whose |
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grandfather Gerry Miller helped direct the operation for the OSS, tells the incredible story of the rowdy daredevils who carried out America's first special-forces mission. Drawing on scores of interviews with Jeds, Beavan's history reads like a spy thriller. Dodging Gestapo spies, the Jeds armed and trained fighters who liberated Paris, snarled German transport throughout France, and provided essential cover to the invading Allied forces. Beavan focuses on key figures like William Colby, Stewart Alsop, and John Singlaub-all of whom went on to high-profile postwar careers-and shows how Jedburgh pioneered the special forces procedures still used in Iraq and Afghanistan today. This gripping |
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Atlantic Monthly, Esquire, Men's Journal and Wired, and received his doctorate from the University of Liverpool in England. He lives in New York City with his wife, the journalist Michelle Conlin, and their daughter Isabella. |
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