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Between Silk and Cyanide : A Codemaker's War, 1941-1945

Between Silk and Cyanide : A Codemaker's War, 1941-1945

Between Silk and Cyanide : A Codemaker's War, 1941-1945
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Between Silk and Cyanide : A Codemaker's War, 1941-1945

by Marks, Leo

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ISBN 10
0007100396
ISBN 13
9780007100392
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London: HarperCollins, 1999. Mass market paperback, second printing thus, ix + 614 pages, plus black-and-white illustrations; spine creased and concaved but still tight in binding, front cover crease, otherwise gently used, very clean and unmarked. See also our listings for F. W. Winterbotham's The Ultra Secret : The first account of the most astounding cryptanalysis coup of World War II - how the British broke the German code and read most of the signals between Hitler and his generals throughout the war, and for and for William Breuer's The Secret War With Germany: Deception, Espionage, and Dirty Tricks, 1939-1945. . Soft Cover. Very Good -.

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
Eric James CA (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #
042706
Title
Between Silk and Cyanide : A Codemaker's War, 1941-1945
Author
Marks, Leo
Format/Binding
Paperback
Book Condition
Used - Very Good -
ISBN 10
0007100396
ISBN 13
9780007100392
Publisher
HarperCollins
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1999
Keywords
NONFICTION SECOND WORLD WAR TWO 2 II 2nd MILITARY HISTORY ESPIONAGE INTELLIGENCE SPYS SPYING D-DAY MILITARY DECEPTION HISTORY INTELLIGENCE covert operations. world british history. politics. nazis. bletchley park. churchill. eisenhower. hitler.m
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Mystery/Espionage/Suspense Fiction;

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