Copyright, Scholars of Mayhem

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Guiet, Daniel (Daniel C.), author. | Smith, Timothy (Timothy K.), author.

Title: Scholars of mayhem : my father’s secret war in Nazi-occupied France / Daniel C. Guiet and Timothy K. Smith.

Description: New York : Penguin Press, 2019. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2018060307 (print) | LCCN 2019000575 (ebook) | ISBN 9780735225213 (ebook) | ISBN 9780735225206 (hardcover)

Subjects: LCSH: Guiet, Jean Claude. | Spies--United States--Biography. | Espionage, American--France--History--20th century. | Great Britain. Special Operations Executive--Biography. | World War, 1939-1945--Secret service--Great Britain. | World War, 1939-1945--Military intelligence--France. | World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--France. | Espionage, British--France.

Classification: LCC D810.S8 (ebook) | LCC D810.S8 G83 2019 (print) | DDC 940.54/2142092 [B] --dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018060307

Map on this page illustrated by Daniel Lagin

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13: Jean Claude Guiet’s collection of OSS and SOE memorabilia, digitized and held by the International Museum of World War II in Natick, MA; 14, 15: Imperial War Museum; 16: Museum of Tulle Collection, Funds MRD, 1PH 1953, reproduction of the drawing of the hangings of Tulle June 9, 1944 (anonymous author). With thanks to the Pôle Musées de la Ville de Tulle; 17: Letter by Wing Commander Forest Yeo-Thomas, Crown copyright 1944; 18: Photograph by Carol Guiet; 19: Certified Chinese translation provided by Samuel Chong of Abacus Consulting Services, Alhambra, CA 91801; 20: Jean Claude Guiet’s collection of OSS and SOE memorabilia, photographed by Scott DW Smith.

Cover design: Ben Denzer

Cover photographs: The International Museum of World War II