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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000014.txt from 2007/02
From: herb fawcett <herbgosia@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] QOD
Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2007 13:15:35 -0500
Thanks, it has always been a wonderful source for good stuff.
Herb
On 2/2/07 9:09 AM, "Miriam Williams" <mwquacker@-----.net> wrote:
> www.alibris.com
>
> Alibris has 25 used copies of "Bodyguard of Lies" by Brown from $2.95 to
> $5.95; I just checked their site.
> I have used this service for years to supplement my personal library for
> books either out of print or not readily available via my local bookstore.
>
> Miriam
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <gtowle83@-----.net>
> To: <doublereed@-----.org>
> Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 9:19 AM
> Subject: Re: [DR-L] QOD
>
>
>> Herb et al.,
>>
>> There is a fascinating account of the Coventry/Enigma history contained in
>> the rigorously documented book "Bodyguard of Lies" by Anthony Cave Brown.
>> Churchill felt that the truth about the enemy was of such great importance
>> in wartime that it (truth) had to be cloaked in a bodyguard of lies to
>> ensure that no one except the command structure of the allies was privy to
>> the information. The invention & implementation of the Enigma machine by
>> the Brits in and of itself was one of the miracles of the 20th century
>> IMHO. It is a great read, if you can get a hold of the book. I think it
>> may be out of print, though.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> john
>> -------------- Original message ----------------------
>> From: herb fawcett <herbgosia@-----.net>
>>> Coventry was, in fact, sacrificed to cover and protect our knowledge of
>>> Enigma. Enigma had revealed the Nazi plan to bomb Coventry, and Churchill
>>> decided to "let it go" to protect our intelligence advantage in the hope
>>> for
>>> invasion of the Continent. Why we needed revenge is beyond me. I believe
>>> there were ball bearings manufactured near Dresden, and with the
>>> notoriously
>>> inaccurate bombing techniques, much else was also lost. Those civilians
>>> didn't have perfectly clean hands either, as they remained silent about
>>> the
>>> London bombings, the V1 and V2, the occupation of Poland, and the siege
>>> of
>>> Stalingrad, among other indecencies.
>>> Herb
>>>
>
>
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