BETWEEN SILK AND CYANIDE: A CODEMAKER'S WAR, 1941-1945

by Marks, Leo

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NY: Free Press. VG in lightly edgeworn pc dj. 1998. 1st printing. Hardback. Hardback (black cl spine/gray boards). B&W illustrations. Appendix, index. Author's experiences as codemaker in WWII .

Book summary

In this behind-the-scenes look at Britain's top-secret Special Operations Executive, one of its major cryptographers tells of the monumental effort to make and break codes and shares stories of heroic operatives who worked behind enemy lines. A New York Times Notable Book of 1999.

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