2015, ISBN: 9780783557007

Hardcover

Basic Books, 2001-01. Hardcover. Used: Good., Basic Books, 2001-01, 2.5, Yale University Press. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages., Y… More...

Basic Books, 2001-01. Hardcover. Used: Good., Basic Books, 2001-01, 2.5, Yale University Press. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages., Yale University Press, 2.5, Pen and Sword, 2015-09-19. Paperback. Good. 0.7300 8.4300 5.8500., Pen and Sword, 2015-09-19, 2.5, Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A.: Time-Life Books, 1998. Fifth Printing . Trade Paperback. Very Good/Good. 9 1/2" x 11 1/2. 208 Pages Indexed. No marks or stamps to this bright book with flawless interior text pages. Dust jacket is torn at the bottom spine area. False identitiies and elaborate hoaxes, double and triple crosses, codes and code breakers, and all manner of bizarre plots. The strangest may have been the plan to poison Hitler's vegetables with female hormones. This was the stuff of the secret World War II. In this book you'll meet all its stars, from the often eccentric men who headed intelligence efforts on both sides of the conflict to the daredevil agents who risked torture and death to sneak information to the enemy. Included in the gallery of infamous spies is Cicero, who produced for the Germans a steady flow of telegrams and documentsf rom the British Foreign Office in Turkey. Cicero retired from the spy business when his cover was threatened and began living the high life with the $400,000 he had earned fromt he Germans. Until his bank informed him that the fortune was largely in counterfeit bills. He died penniless in a cramped alley in Istanbul in 1971. This book illuminates the hugh role that espionage played in the outcome of World War 2. Contents in Five Chapters: A Bodyguard for Truth, Eavesdropping on the Enemy, Low Tricks for High Stakes, The Wizard' War, and Grand Delusions., Time-Life Books, 1998, 2.75<

1998, ISBN: 9780783557007

Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A.: Time-Life Books, 1998. Fifth Printing . Trade Paperback. Very Good/Good. 9 1/2" x 11 1/2. 208 Pages Indexed. No marks or stamps to this bright book wit… More...

Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A.: Time-Life Books, 1998. Fifth Printing . Trade Paperback. Very Good/Good. 9 1/2" x 11 1/2. 208 Pages Indexed. No marks or stamps to this bright book with flawless interior text pages. Dust jacket is torn at the bottom spine area. False identitiies and elaborate hoaxes, double and triple crosses, codes and code breakers, and all manner of bizarre plots. The strangest may have been the plan to poison Hitler's vegetables with female hormones. This was the stuff of the secret World War II. In this book you'll meet all its stars, from the often eccentric men who headed intelligence efforts on both sides of the conflict to the daredevil agents who risked torture and death to sneak information to the enemy. Included in the gallery of infamous spies is Cicero, who produced for the Germans a steady flow of telegrams and documentsf rom the British Foreign Office in Turkey. Cicero retired from the spy business when his cover was threatened and began living the high life with the $400,000 he had earned fromt he Germans. Until his bank informed him that the fortune was largely in counterfeit bills. He died penniless in a cramped alley in Istanbul in 1971. This book illuminates the hugh role that espionage played in the outcome of World War 2. Contents in Five Chapters: A Bodyguard for Truth, Eavesdropping on the Enemy, Low Tricks for High Stakes, The Wizard' War, and Grand Delusions., Time-Life Books, 1998, 2.75<

1998, ISBN: 9780783557007

Time Life Books, Alexandria, Virginia, 1983. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Dark blue blind-printed covers with paste-down illustration on the front.… More...

Time Life Books, Alexandria, Virginia, 1983. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Dark blue blind-printed covers with paste-down illustration on the front. Fresh covers, sound binding, clean pages and end-papers. Contains many colour and black and white illustrations. No dust jacket, as published. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2kg. ISBN: 0809432870. ISBN/EAN: 9780809432875. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 77019111245.. 9780809432875 This book is heavier than 1kg, and may incur additional delivery charges on some delivery services to some locations.., Time Life Books, 1983, 3, Alexandria: Time-Life, 1998. Reprint. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 208pp, index. Full of quality photos. Size: Large 4to, Time-Life, 1998, 4<

1981, ISBN: 0783557000

[EAN: 9780783557007], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [SC: 41.9], [PU: Time-Life Books, Alexandria], Jacket, Many Illus. 4to, pictorial boards, d.w. Alexandria: Time-Life Books, (1981). Ve… More...

[EAN: 9780783557007], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [SC: 41.9], [PU: Time-Life Books, Alexandria], Jacket, Many Illus. 4to, pictorial boards, d.w. Alexandria: Time-Life Books, (1981). Very good World War II/Time-Life Series. On covert activities during World War II., Books<