Scarlet thread de downes donald (22 resultados)

Paperback. Condición: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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Paperback. Condición: Very Good. 1st Printing. Solid with light wear on the covers. The previous owner's name is on the first inside page.

Condición: New. In English.

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Condición: Good. 1953. Second Impression. 207 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. Moderate tanning to free endpapers due to dust jacket flaps. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is darkened. Minor wear marks to boards.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good-. First Edition; First Printing. Slight shelfwear and bumping to boards. Unclipped DJ, light soiling and shelfwear, some small tears. Solid binding and clean text. Pages browned. No ownership marks, ex-lib marks, stamps or stickers. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 207 pages.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition [stated-no number line]. DJ in mylar [white, plain toned with age with black upper text no front or back flap text, no back wrap text]: nominal edge wear, toned with age/use imperfections. Red boards with black spine text. Light soil/spotting at page edges. May have other minor incidental cosmetic defects expected with age. Else tight and square. BIO/AUTO/ESPIONAGE.…

VG, unmarked Hardback; no DJ. xiii + 207 pp.

1st edition orig. cloth Very Good octavo xiii + 207pp., b/w pls., maps, appends., bibliog., index, Remarkable account of one man's service with SOE & other allied agencies in WW2. Inc. account of anti-German activities in Spanish Morocco. Most of damaged dj present.

2nd imp. orig. cloth Very Good octavo xiii + 207pp., Remarkable account of one man's service with SOE & other allied agencies in WW2. Inc. account of anti-German activities in Spanish Morocco.

1st edition / 1st printing orig. cloth Nice Copy octavo xiii + 207pp., Remarkable account of one man's service with SOE & other allied agencies in WW2. Inc. account of anti-German activities in Spanish Morocco. Neat ownership signature o/w a nice copy.

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Hardcover. Condición: Good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. xiii, [1], 207, [1] pages. Endpaper maps. Some discoloration inside boards and on flyleaves. These are the espionage memoirs of an American who worked first for British and then for American Intelligence from 1940 until 1945. He trained agents and sent them through the enemy lines; stole secret military and diplomatic codes from neutral embassies in Washington; made clandestine contacts with Balkan terrorists; and was party to schemes and plots to discomfort the Axis Powers, ranging from counterfeiting to infiltrating German sabotage and espionage schools. He discusses Spain's open cooperation with Axis intelligence; the Darlan-Giraud affair, the Vichy concentration camps, the Salerno beachhead; the insurrection in Milan, and more. He is critical of the American Federal Bureau of Investigation, about which he makes some astonishing and shocking revelations. This book was first accepted, and then rejected, by three American publishers. Donald Chase Downes was born in 1903. He attended Yale College and received his B.A. in June 1935. Downes offered his services to Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) and secured a position as a teacher of English at Robert College in Istanbul as cover for his espionage work. In March 1941 Downes returned to the United States. He joined the Free World Association and at a meeting in New York City later that year he was approached by an agent of the British Security Coordination (BSC). BSC represented one of the largest covert operations in British spying history. With the US alongside Britain, Hitler would be defeated - eventually. The BSC agent told him that he was working under the direct orders of Winston Churchill. Downes later recalled in his autobiography that he received assistance in his work from the Jewish Anti-Defamation League, Congress for Industrial Organization and The Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies. He also worked closely with Colonel Eugene Prince of Army Counter-Intelligence Corps. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor Downes arranged with John Pepper, his boss at the British Security Coordination, to transfer to the Office of Strategic Services (OSS). At first he was based in Washington and worked under William Donovan and George K. Bowen, the head of Special Activities. Other senior figures he worked with included David Bruce (head of intelligence), Allen Dulles (head of the New York office) and William Lane Rehm (head of finance). Downes worked with Arthur Goldberg on the Labor Desk. Downes went to North Africa in 1943 and then Italy and Cairo. Downes returned to the United States in August 1944, but was sent back to Europe in February 1945 as a correspondent for a news agency. Downes remained in Europe after the war. In 1953 Downes published his wartime memoirs, The Scarlet Thread . As his biographer, Robin Winks, has pointed out: "When he published his memoirs in 1953, old-line professionals were outraged at the dirty linen he washed in public. He was viewed by those who were well to the right as left-winged, even pink, and though he hated Communists with the same passion as the Nazis. He also wrote spy thrillers such The Easter Dinner (1960) and A Red Rose for Maria (1961). His story, Orders to Kill, was co-written by Paul Denn, a former member of the British Security Coordination. only dust jacket fragment present.…

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1st edition chipped dust jacket Nice Copy octavo xiii + 207pp., Remarkable account of one man's service with SOE & other allied agencies in WW2. Inc. account of anti-German activities in Spanish Morocco. Most of damaged dj present.

Condición: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. Hardcover edition. In protective mylar cover. (world war 2, ww2) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Sheet1 Sheet2 Explore These are the espionage memoirs of an American who worked first for British and then for American Intelligence from 1940 until 1945.Mr. Downes's work took him to every continent except Australasia. He trained agents and sent them through the enemy lines; stole secret military and diplomatic codes from neutral embassies in Washington; made clandestine contacts with Balkan terrorists; and was party to innumerable schemes and plots to discomfort the Axis Powers, ranging from counterfeiting to infiltrating German sabotage and espionage schools.The story of his experiences makes highly exciting reading, and the author has many interesting, and often surprising, things to say on a variety of important topics and events. The subjects covered include Spain's open cooperation with Axis intelligence; the Darlan-Giraud affair in North Africa and the horror of Vichy concentration camps there; the gamble of the Salerno beachhead (in which he took part); the Italian insurrection in Milan, and many more.Mr Downes is outspoken in his criticism of some aspects of Allied policy and behaviour. He feels particularly strongly about the action of his Government (and ours) in failing to honour promises made to people who risked their lives to bring about our victory. He is also unsparingly critical of the American Federal Bureau of Investigation (F.B.I.), about which he makes some astonishing and, most readers will feel, deeply shocking revelations. It is perhaps not surprising that this book was first accepted, and then turned down, by no less than three American publishers, and that one admitted to the author that he was afraid of 'political reprisals'.Donald Downes was born in Baltimore in 1903. Besides his work as a Secret Service agent, he has been history student, insurance agent, schoolmaster, political writer and foreign correspondent.…

Condición: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. KlappentextrnrnSheet1 Sheet2 Explore These are the espionage memoirs of an American who worked first for British and then for American Intelligence from 1940 until 1945.Mr. Downes s work took him to every continent except Australasia. He tra.…