Rediscovering Irregular Warfare: Colin Gubbins and the Origins of Britain's Special Operations Executive Volume 52 - Paperbackby A. R. B. Linderman (Author) Britain's Special Operations Executive (SOE), which conducted sabotage campaigns and supported resistance movements in Axis occupied Europe and in Asia, is often described as Winston Churchill's brainchild. But as A. R. B. Linderman reveals in this engrossing history, the real genius behind Britain's clandestine warriors was Colin Gubbins, a British officer who forged the SOE by drawing on lessons learned in irregular