Between Silk and Cyanide : A Codemaker's War, 1941-1945
by Marks, Leo
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- Condition
- Used - Good
- ISBN 10
- 0684864223
- ISBN 13
- 9780684864228
- Seller
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Mishawaka, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
Synopsis
Between Silk and Cyanide is a book by former SOE cryptographer Leo Marks, describing his work during the Second World War. The title is derived from an incident related in the book, when he is asked why spies in occupied Europe should have their cryptographic material written on silk (which was in very short supply). Marks said that he replied that it was "between silk and cyanide," meaning that it was a choice between a spy surviving, and having to take a suicide pill.
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- Bookseller
- Better World Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2419980-6
- Title
- Between Silk and Cyanide : A Codemaker's War, 1941-1945
- Author
- Marks, Leo
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 2
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0684864223
- ISBN 13
- 9780684864228
- Publisher
- Free Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- June 9, 1999
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