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Ian Fleming's Commandos
The Story of the Legendary 30 Assault Unit.
By Rankin, Nicholas
- ISBN
- 978-0-19978-282-6
- Publisher
- Oxford Univ.
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Reviewed on October 7, 2011
Readers will find here the foundation of the James Bond phenomenon in two intertwined stories. Rankin writes how James Bond's creator, Ian Fleming, as personal assistant to the director of Britain's naval intelligence, had to navigate the convoluted bureaucracy of wartime Whitehall to establish a special military unit to work behind enemy lines (not the same thing as secret agents). Additionally,...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
on onOctober 7, 2011 | LJXpress
Readers will find here the foundation of the James Bond phenomenon in two intertwined stories. Rankin writes how James Bond's creator, Ian Fleming, as personal assistant to the director of Britain's naval intelligence, had to navigate the convoluted bureaucracy of wartime Whitehall to establish a special military unit to work behind enemy lines (not the same thing as secret agents). Additionally,...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
