Technical school instructors often told young airmen in the linguistic and analytical career fields that they possessed unusual intelligence. Their Top Secret Cryptographic clearances and massive amounts of training seemed to corroborate the claim. Whether true or not, they also assured their students that, under stress, they were prone to cross the fine line between that intelligence and lunacy. In Up Against the Wall, author Ed Jones recounts tales, true and unverified, that tend to prove their warning. Combining history, ...
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Technical school instructors often told young airmen in the linguistic and analytical career fields that they possessed unusual intelligence. Their Top Secret Cryptographic clearances and massive amounts of training seemed to corroborate the claim. Whether true or not, they also assured their students that, under stress, they were prone to cross the fine line between that intelligence and lunacy. In Up Against the Wall, author Ed Jones recounts tales, true and unverified, that tend to prove their warning. Combining history, hearsay, and personal experience, he relates these tales in a tongue-in-cheek manner that will delight and intrigue the reader.
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