Official secrets
Richard Breitman
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Official secrets
Published
1999
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pages
325
ISBN-13
9780140283884
ISBN-10
0140283889
Description
An important new work based on newly declassified archives. As defeat loomed over the Third Reich in 1945, its officials tried to destroy the physical and documentary evidence about the Nazis' monstrous crimes. Great Britain already had some of the evidence, however, for its intelligence services had for years been intercepting, decoding, and analyzing German police radio messages and SS ones, too. Yet these important papers were sealed away as "Most Secret," "Never to Be Removed from This Office"--And they have only now reappeared. Integrating this new evidence with other sources, historian Richard Breitman reconsiders how Germany's leaders brought about the Holocaust--and when--and reassesses Britain's and America's suppression of information about the Nazi killings. His absorbing account of the consequences of keeping this information secret for so long, including the failure to punish many known war criminals, shows us the danger of continued government secrecy.--From publisher description.
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This edition of Official secrets has approximately 325 pages. Please note, this is an estimate and the exact page count can vary between hardcover, paperback, and e-book versions.
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For most readers, Official secrets typically takes between 6h 46m and 4h 31m to complete. This is based on the book's length of approximately 81,250 words and common reading speeds.
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The estimated word count for Official secrets is approximately 81,250 words. This figure is calculated using industry-standard methods that consider genre-specific word density patterns, typical formatting and layout characteristics, and standard words-per-page ratios for published books.
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Who is the author of Official secrets?
Official secrets was written by Richard Breitman.
When was Official secrets published?
The publication date for this specific edition is 1999. The original work may have been published on a different date.