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The Spy Toolkit
Extraordinary inventions from World War II
The Spy Toolkit
Extraordinary inventions from World War II
Description
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.
Table of Contents
The Organization
The Agent
Training
Sabotage
Devices and Gadgets
Disguise
Deception
Touching Base
The Enemy
About this Book
The Spy Toolkit
Secret Agents
Sabotage: Explosive Devices
Booby Traps
Incendiary Devices
Disguise and Deception
Touching Base
Product details
| Published | 31 May 2018 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 160 |
| ISBN | 9781472831491 |
| Imprint | Osprey Publishing |
| Illustrations | More than 100 photographs and artworks |
| Series | General Military |
| Short code | GNM |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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