BETWEEN SILK AND CYANIDE: A Codemaker's War 1941-1945
by Marks, Leo
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good -/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 068486780X
- ISBN 13
- 9780684867809
- Seller
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Seneca, Pennsylvania, United States
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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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- Bookseller
- Russ States (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18-0700
- Title
- BETWEEN SILK AND CYANIDE: A Codemaker's War 1941-1945
- Author
- Marks, Leo
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good -
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 068486780X
- ISBN 13
- 9780684867809
- Publisher
- Touchstone
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- Biography, Codemakers, Cryptographers, WWII, Great Britain, Cryptography, Secret Service, Personal Narratives, 20th Century, History
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