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Between Silk and Cyanide: A Codemaker's War 1941-1945
by Marks, Leo
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 068486780X
- ISBN 13
- 9780684867809
- Seller
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El Cajon, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, N. Y.: Touchstone, 2000 Corner cover crease, several pages have bent corners.. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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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- Title
- Between Silk and Cyanide: A Codemaker's War 1941-1945
- Author
- Marks, Leo
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 068486780X
- ISBN 13
- 9780684867809
- Publisher
- Touchstone
- Place of Publication
- New York, N. Y.
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- WORLD WAR 1939 1945 CRYPTOGRAPHY
- Bookseller catalogs
- World War II; Espionage;
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- Trade Paperback
- Used to indicate any paperback book that is larger than a mass-market paperback and is often more similar in size to a hardcover...