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

by Marks, Leo

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  • Bookseller: NorthBooks US (US)
  • Seller Inventory #: 006034
  • Format: Hard Cover
  • Book condition: Very Good/Very Good
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • ISBN 10: 0684864223
  • ISBN 13: 9780684864228
  • Publisher: The Free Press
  • Place: New York
  • Date published: 1998
  • Pages: 613
  • Size: 6.5 x 8.5 x 1.5 inches
  • Weight: 2 pounds

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New York: The Free Press. Very Good/Very Good. 1998. Hard Cover. 0684864223 Crisp jacket narrowly, lightly crimped at spine head. 614 pages. 8vo. Clean, tight. 'Chronicles the authors obsessive quest to improve the security of agents' codes and how this crusade led to his involvement in some of the war's most dramatic and secret operations.' A good read. .






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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