Unauthorized Action: Mountbatten and the Dieppe Raid
"There have been many books on this national trauma, but I suspect Villa's will be the one that stands the text of time." Now Magazine (January 1994)`a painful reminder of the fearful price men pay when governments fail to play by the rules' The Ottawa Citizen`challenging book ... Mr Villa has written what is virtually an exciting detective story' Geoffrey Powell, Birmingham Post`a book which is lucid, ingenious, well-documented' Philip Ziegler, Spectator`a meticulous, well-documented and perceptive academic analysis ... very well worth reading' British Army Review"Villa's book is historical writing at its best." Victoria Times-Colonist (January 1994)"It is well worth reading."  Calgary Herald (9 October 1994)--This text refers to thePaperbackedition.