Download or read book Security and Special Operations written by Christopher J. Murphy and published by Palgrave MacMillan. This book was released on 2006-10-10 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Security and Special Operations offers the first comprehensive history of the Security Section of the Special Operations Executive and its relationship with MI5 during the Second World War. The book makes extensive use of recently declassified files in order to examine the development of liaison between the two organizations. It explores SOE's involvement with MI5's double cross operations and offers a fresh perspective on both the 'Englandspiel' disaster in Holland and the case of the notorious agent Henri Dericourt.