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Ruth Ive
ISBN: 9780752447162
Format: Hardback
Publisher:The History Press Ltd
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The Second World War was a period when communication between the Allies had to be subjected to the utmost secrecy. One remaining transatlantic hotline existed at this rime - that between Winston Churchill and his American counterpart Franklin D. Roosevelt. Reserved for conversations of the utmost importance between key political figures…
90-year-old Ruth Ive details her groundbreaking research into the telephone line 60 years on. Incredible details of the conversations of key Second World War players.
| ISBN | 0752447165 | | Pages | 160 | | ISBN13 | 9780752447162
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | The History Press Ltd | | Weight (grammes) | 318 | | Imprint | Tempus Publishing Ltd | | Published in | Stroud | | Format | Hardback | | Height (mm) | 235 | | Publication date | 01 Sep 2008 | | Width (mm) | 156 | | DEWEY | 941.084092 | | Spine width (mm) | 20 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Academic level | General |
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| | | Introduction | | 7 | | | | Prologue | | 9 | | 1 | | Life in 1938/9 | | 13 | | 2 | | The Postal Censorship | | 23 | | 3 | | Internal Censorship Units | | 33 | | 4 | | 'The Radio Department': how it worked | | 41 | | 5 | | The British and the VIPs | | 57 | | 6 | | The Americans and Canadians | | 79 | | 7 | | The Russians | | 87 | | 8 | | The Germans | | 93 | | 9 | | A Security Catastrophe | | 101 | | 10 | | 'Sigsaly' | | 107 | | 11 | | A Visit to an RAF Airfield & Changes in Department Policy | | 117 | | 12 | | Calls to Remember | | 127 | | 13 | | End of an Era | | 135 | | | | Lifestyle Notes | | 145 | | | | Notes | | 149 | | | | Acknowledgements & Source Material | | 151 |
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