The Spy Toolkit: Extraordinary inventions from World War II - Couverture rigide

The National Archives; Twigge, Stephen

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1472831489 ISBN 13 : 9781472831484

Editeur : Osprey Publishing, 2018

Synopsis

A revealing, sometimes sinister and often hilarious look at the gadgets and devices devised to help spies in their profession.

Spies claim that theirs is the second oldest profession. Secret agents across time have had the same key tasks: looking and listening, getting the information they need and smuggling it back home. Over the course of human history, some amazingly complex and imaginative tools have been created to help those working under the cloak of supreme secrecy.

During the Second World War, British undercover agents were the heroes behind the scenes, playing a dangerous and sometimes deadly game - risking all to gather intelligence about their enemies. What did these agents have in their toolkits? What ingenious spy gadgets did they have up their sleeves? What devious tricks did they deploy to avoid detection?

From the ingenious to the amusing, this highly visual book delves into espionage files that were long held top secret, revealing spycraft in action.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Dr Stephen Twigge is Head of Modern Collections at The National Archives. He was previously a historian at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He has published a number of books and articles on cold war history including German Unification 1989-90, Berlin in the Cold War 1948-1990, British Intelligence, Avoiding Armageddon and Planning Armageddon.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Osprey Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1472831489
• ISBN 13: 9781472831484
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 144
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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