Between silk and cyanide
Subtitle: a codemaker's war, 1941-1945
By: Leo Marks.
Publisher: Free Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 613
Subjects: Marks, Leo; World War, 1939-1945 -- Cryptography; World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Great Britain; World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, British; Cryptographers -- Great Britain -- Biography
Description: A World War II cryptographer chronicles his career in the Special Operations Executive, discussing his replacement of outmoded codes with one-time silk-printed codes.
Notes: Includes index.