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SILENCERS, SNIPERS, AND ASSASSINS
An Overview of Whispering Death
by J. David Truby
Silencers, Snipers, and Assassins—one of the most influential books on the history and development of firearm silencers ever published—is now back in print. Author J. David Truby presents a fascinating picture of the use of silencers in the shadowy worlds of espionage, clandestine warfare, and crime. Truby traces their development from their invention by Hiram Maxim in 1908 through their use by English and German snipers in World War I; American gangsters of the 1930s; Skorzeny’s elite Nazi commando units; OSS agents and resistance groups in World War II; U.S. snipers during the Korean conflict; Viet Cong assassins in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos; Mafia hit men; European intelligence bureaus; anti-Castro Cuban exiles; and U.S. law enforcement agencies. 8 1/2 x 11, softcover, Photos and illustrations, 216 pp.
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