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The Escape Factory : The Story of MIS-X

Title
The Escape Factory : The Story of MIS-X / Lloyd R. Shoemaker.
Author
Shoemaker, Lloyd R.
Publication
  • New York : St. Martin's Press, [1990].
  • ©1990

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Description
xiv, 267 p. : ill.; 22 cm.
Summary
A look at the masterminds behind some of World War II's greatest escapes discusses the master counterfeiters and engineers who supplied people in Europe and Asia with false documents, coded messages, hidden radios, compasses, and tools for escape.
Subject
  • 1900-1999
  • World War, 1939-1945 > Secret service > United States
  • World War, 1939-1945 > Prisoners and prisons
  • Escapes > History > 20th century
  • Escapes
  • Prisoners of war
  • Secret service
  • Geheimdienst
  • Fluchthilfe
  • Kriegsgefangener
  • Geschichte (1939-1945)
  • United States
  • USA
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 254-257) and index.
ISBN
  • 0312038267
  • 9780312038267
LCCN
89024174
OCLC
  • ocm20420610
  • 20420610
  • SCSB-1747904
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library