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Behind Enemy Lines - The war memoirs of Jedburgh Officer John OlmstedIn Behind Enemy Lines, American OSS agent John Olmsted tells the fascinating story of his experiences as a member of Jedburgh Team 'Dudley', which dropped into occupied east Netherlands on 11/12 September 1944.Together with his two comrades, Dutch officer Henk Brinkgreve and Irish radio operator John 'Bunny' Austin, Olmsted's mission was to help organize the armed resistance in Overijssel in support of the Allied advance during Operation Market Garden, which started six days later.Following the Allied defeat at Arnhem, Olmsted and his team were trapped behind enemy lines. John Olmsted was one of the few Allied soldiers who managed to escape with Operation Pegasus 2 across the Rhine to liberated territory after the Battle of Arnhem. He vividly wrote about his experiences in Overijssel and Gelderland on the boat trip back to the USA shortly after the end of the war.Olmsted's first-person account allows us to see one of the most shocking episodes in Dutch history through the eyes of a young American officer. These are the perspectives of an outsider, who is simultaneously at the center of events. With warmth, humor, and an eye for detail, he grants us a fascinating glimpse into occupied Holland in the fall of 1944.John Malcolm Olmsted (1914-2001) returned to the Netherlands in 1985. During this visit, he handed over a manuscript to historian Dr. Coen Hilbrink, whose family had sheltered Olmsted in 1944, with tragic consequences. Hilbrink added annotations, highlighting the harrowing experiences of the Overijssel Resistance and the tragic fate of Olmsted's fellow team members. Brinkgreve and Austin did not survive the war; both were executed in 1945, just weeks before the Liberation.The manuscript was edited as minimally as possible, preserving Olmsted's unique perspective as both an observer and a participant, making it a distinctive historical document.The cover photo shows what remained of the Twente Resistance headquarters after the raid by the Sicherheitsdienst. Olmsted and his team assisted the Resistance with sabotage.

This collection of essays explores the often-overlooked concept of fraternity, positioning it alongside freedom and equality as a vital pillar of political discourse. Ideal for students and academics, this thought-provoking anthology invites readers to reconsider the importance of fraternity in modern society.

This book examines the historical, domestic, and leadership drivers behind the repositioning of China toward center stage since 2008.

This book brings together a group of international scholars to discuss theoretical and comparative considerations of judicial accountability in light of recent research, including studies on the crisis of the rule of law in the contemporary world. It provides a detailed consideration of specific accountability mechanisms.

First published in 1981, this book covers the existence of Charter 77 from 1977 down to the end of 1980. The Charter movement was a significant phenomenon in the history of Czechoslovakia and Charter 77 was symbolic of the courage, the spirit of freedom, and human rights in an invaded Czechoslovakia.

First published in 1981, Blue-Collar Workers in Eastern Europe deals with the attitudes and political disposition of the East European working class. This book covers all the major issues which brought about the widely publicised workers' rebellion in Poland in the summer of 1980.

Shibata, Carroll and Boege address the various dimensions of the climate change-conflict nexus and shed light on the overwhelming challenges of climate change in the Pacific Islands region.

This insightful edited collection brings new insights and a novel approach to entrepreneurship education by situating findings within the Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries, exploring pedagogies associated with both academic and professional entrepreneurship to further the field.

Uganda: A Modern History (1981) provides a comprehensive political, social and economic history of Uganda from the beginnings of colonial rule in 1888. It focuses particularly on economic development as well as the political and social tendencies which shaped Ugandan society in the colonial and postcolonial period.

This book shows how the countries on the Balkan migrant route have been affected according to their degree of integration with the EU and the specific socio-political and economic conditions of each country.

This book examines urban governance, digital divide, poverty, unemployment, financial and social exclusion and presents a theoretical perspective on inclusive cities, urbanization, migration, slums and affordable housing.

This book addresses the processes and concerns within the purview of public personnel administration which is the key to success in carrying out governmental responsibilities and duties. This title will be useful to students, researchers and teachers of Public Administration, Public Policy, Political Science, and General Management.

This book studies English-language printed media outlets to examine how regional public opinions of China and Chinese made vaccines progressed amid the coronavirus pandemic.

This book brings together essays by established and emerging scholars that discuss Pakistan, Turkey, and their diasporas in Europe.

Lacan and Capitalist Discourse explores the political and theoretical connections between the Covid-19 Pandemic and Capitalism, unravelling the direct consequences of Lacan's thesis of so-called "Capitalist Discourse".

Bonnier's biography reads like an absorbing novel, with its twists and turns, reconstructed dialogue and author's acute observations. As well as being a tragic human story, It is an illuminating study of the convoluted political context of the affair, which will be unfamiliar to some Anglophone readers.

This book analyses the role of religion during the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccination roll-out in Zimbabwe.

This book analyses the victory of Gabriel Boric in Chile during the presidential elections of December 2021. Conceived from a multidisciplinary perspective, this book will interest students, scholars and practitioners, interested in the evolution of the Latin American left in general, and the Chilean left specifically.

This book presents a new approach to the analysis of Australian federal election campaigns, approaching them from a professional communication perspective. It stress-tests the campaigns of the major parties against the requirements of effective strategic communication planning and implementation parameters used in professional practice.

Pathways to Violence Against Migrants traces the different pathways, or combinations of causal mechanisms, that lead from non-violent opposition to migration into anti-migrant violence.