Boots and All - The Inside Story of the Secret War
by Laughlin, Austin
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- Hardcover
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Narrabeen, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
A Colorgravure Publiction 1951. 1951. 8vo. Red cloth, stamped spine, no d/w. Contents includes, unpublished espionage and counter-espionage records, The story of how Australia tightened up Security regulations at he outbreak of war, How Germany and Japan, before Pearl Harbor, used Australia as a school for spies. Codes used in Australia during WWII, and methods used to trap secret agents. A new light is thrown on international espionage and the part played by Russia. The story of the Red Spy Plot and the Canadian Royal Commission Report. Stories of Spy activities in other lands reveal they are all part of the espionage pattern, The necessity of designing Intelligence to outwit the enemy's espionage methods. .
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- Bookseller
- Dial a Book (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Boots and All - The Inside Story of the Secret War
- Author
- Laughlin, Austin
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- A Colorgravure Publiction 1951
- Date Published
- 1951
- Keywords
- Spy, Wartime, Espionage
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