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Between Silk and Cyanide : A Codemaker's War, 1941-1945 by Marks, Leo
- Bookseller: Avalon Books
(US)
- Seller Inventory #: 40608
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- ISBN 10: 0684864223
- ISBN 13: 9780684864228
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Trade Paperbacks
- Place: New York, NY, U.S.A.
- Date published: 1999
- Pages: 613
- Size: 6.5 x 8.5 x 1.5 inches
- Weight: 2 pounds
Description
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster Trade Paperbacks, 1999. Near Fine in Near Fine dj binding is ever-so-slightly slanted. ISBN: 0-684-86422-3. First Edition. Hard Cover. WORLD WAR 1939 1945 CRYPTOGRAPHY PERSONAL NARRATIVES BRITISH SECRET SERVICE GREAT BRITAIN HISTORY MILITARY II.
DJ : Short for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
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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