Boulder, Colorado: Paladin Press, 1972. A beautiful, pristine copy -- bright, shiny, clean, square, tight, and unmarked. Sharp corners. Obviously never read. 8.5" wide by 11" tall. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp. Illustrated throughout with 196 diagrams, photos, and technical drawings. Unknown Edition. No date on title page. Copyright 1972. No printing or edition satement. Handbook of silencers and their application, with patent information. Includes interviews with Marine snipers, ex-CIA agents, and U.S. Army Special Forces operatives. From the rear cover: "SILENCERS, SNIPERS & ASSASSINS reveals the functioning and use of small arms silencers - among the most devastating devices of intelligence agencies and hush-hush special-mission military units that strike at one another in the misty areas of espionage, clandestine operations and secret war. [The author has] uncovered previously unknown and shocking facts on these deadly accessories to terror and their use. He traces their development from their invention by Hiram Maxim in 1908 through their use by English and German snipers in WWI, American gangsters of the 1930s, Skorzeny's elite Nazi commando units, OSS agents and resistance groups in WWII; U.S. snipers during the Korean conflict; VC assassins in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos; Mafia hit men; the West German Gehlen Intelligence Bureau; anti-Castro Cuban exiles; and U.S. Law enforcement agencies who employ them in a countersniper role." Bibliography. Index. 1st ed? (No additional printings listed). Oversize Softcover. As New condition. 209pp. 1st ed? (No additional printings listed).

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Silencers, Snipers & Assassins : An Overview of Whispering Death

Publisher

Paladin Press, Boulder, Colorado

Publication Date

1972

Language

English

ISBN 10

0873640128

ISBN 13

9780873640121

Binding

Paperback

Edition

1st Edition

Condition

As New condition

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Explosive interviews with ex-CIA agents, U.S. Army Special Forces operatives and Marine snipers provide insights into the deadly role of the silencer in missions of intrigue and assassination. Read about the most devastating techniques in the arsenal of intelligence agencies and hush-hush military units. For academic study only.

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