Operation Jubilee

Patrick Bishop's well-researched, crisply written and utterly absorbing account of the Dieppe Raid tells a story of heroism and futility that will live for the reader long afterwards. Operation Jubilee was all the more tragic for having been entirely avoidable, in ways reasons that Bishop sets out powerfully, unflinchingly and unanswerably

Andrew Roberts, author of 'Churchill: Walking with Destiny'

Riveting and powerfully written. Patrick Bishop has turned this tragic cautionary tale into a fascinating, shrewd and timely reflection on leadership in a time of crisis, and what can happen to personal ambition in the fevered atmosphere of war

Henry Hemming, author of 'Our Man in New York'

Operation Jubilee is written with verve and knowledge, and with the author's trademark style of integrating eyewitness accounts with insight into the human condition in battle. It draws upon new evidence and provides a new perspective on the French civilians. Recommended reading

Tim Cook, author of 'The Fight for History'

Patrick Bishop's account of the preparation, the battle itself, and its aftermath is forensic, detailed, yet highly readable and written with his great understanding of war. I would be surprised if this book did not become the authoritative history of the disaster that was the Dieppe raid

General Sir Mike Jackson