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Charles Glass is a broadcaster, journalist and writer. Early in his career he worked in the ABC News Beirut bureau with Peter Jennings. He covered the October Arab-Israeli War on the Egyptian and Syrian fronts and the civil war in Lebanon. He was ABC News Chief Middle East correspondent from 1983 to 1993. He’s been a freelance writer since then covering hot spots around the world. He spoke to me about his latest book on two British spies who operated in WWII France.
1:11 – Charles Glass talks about how he got into writing about special operations in WWII Europe. He started by studying Tony Brooks, an agent during WWII.
2:30 – Charles talks about the book and the Starr brothers and how they joined the British Special Operations Executive. A lot of the book is about how they evaded capture while conducting operations.
6:15 – Charles talks about his previous books about WWII.
10:04 – Charles talks about how the brothers maintained security.
11:38 – Charles talks about how French spy networks were created.
17:10 – Charles talks about how the SOE interacted with their agents in France.
19:04 – Charles talks about how the SOE was run.
30:25 – Charles talks about the inefficiencies of the hundreds of resistance groups during the war.
33:00 – De Gaulle was very tough on SOE agents after the war.
43:15 – His website is www.charlesglass.net
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Guests: Charles Glass
Host: Cris Alvarez
Tags: military, history, military history, conflict, war, interview, non-fiction book, Britain, France, germany, Nazis, special operations executive, SOE, occupied France, French Resistance, D-Day, Starr brothers, spies