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There's a really interesting narrative history book by Giles Milton called "Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare" that goes quite deeply into the background of how these books, weapons, and tactics came about as the UK defended itself during WWII. It's worth a read. (https://www.gilesmilton.com/historybooks/churchillsministry)

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> William Fairbairn, was a portly pensioner with an unusual passion: he was the world’s leading expert in silent killing

This reads like a sentence straight from a bad 70s action movie. Who had decided he was the world's leading expert? And how in the world would one know?

The "narrative history" seems to use a lot of name dropping, as witnessed by the reference to Churchill in the title. Special Operations Executive, the ministry of ecomomic warfare as well as the build up of a large air force go back to the much maligned Neville Chamberlain.

> Who had decided he was the world's leading expert? And how in the world would one know?

In publicly calling the bluff of the "world's leading expert in silent killing," consider the consequences of being wrong.

I believe there’s a film very loosely based on this currently being made.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5177120/

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