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IVE, RUTH: : The woman who CENSORED CHURCHIL

UK,STROUD,GLOUCESTERSHIRE.The History Press Ltd.,2008.

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UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.FINE+/NFINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy,facsimile CONFIDENTIAL brown file illustrated background dw/dj,with brown,red and black lettering to front and spine/backstrip,rear panel with black lettering and subject/author contemporary b/w portrait thumbnail photograph; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present; minimal, minor,superficial scoring/indents to rear panel of dw/dj - but without penetration to board beneath.Top+fore-edges generally bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean - text body pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears unread apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine and immacuate plain white endpapers.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn,7-159pp [paginated] includes author's introduction,a Prologue,13 chapters,8pp contemporary b/w photographs in 1 block,between pp80/1,lifestyle notes, acknowledgements & source material,an appendix with b/w facsimile reproductions of some of Churchill's documents; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a contents list/table and to the rear - reverse of last page,b/w photographic illustrated publisher's advert for other available titles. WW2 was a period when communications between the Allies had to be subjected to the utmost secrecy.By the 1940s,all telephone cables between Britain and North America had been disconnected to prevent the Germans intercepting information as it passed across the Arlantic. But one remaining transatlantic hotline existed at the time - that between Winston Churchill and his American counterpart Franklin D.Roosevelt. Reserved for conversation of the utmost importance between key political figures,heads of state and the royal family,this top secret communications link nevertheless had to be closely monitored to ensure nothing was said that might compromise security.Ruth Ive,then a young stenographer working in the Ministry of Information,had the job of censoring the line, and she spent three and a half years of the war listening in to conversations across the Atlantic,ready to cut the line if anything was said that might pose a security risk.In this remarkable history of the secret wartime communication between Britain and the US,the woman who censored the line tells her story for the very first time. Such was the secret nature of Ruth's work,at the end of the war all documentation proving the evidence of the telephone line was destroyed. Ruth never even received written instructions for the job.It was not until 1995, when Churchill's private files were finally declassified,that Ruth was able to research her story and prove the extraordinary nature of her wartime work.Now,in her nietieth year,one of WW2's key workers describes the details of her incredible story,and the private conversations of the war's most important players can be revealed. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

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