Fingertip Firepower: Pen Guns, Knives, and Bombs

The common pen has been used for decades as a housing for concealed guns, knives and bombs by secret agents, saboteurs and criminals, and this book is loaded with information, anecdotes and photos on these most esoteric of weapons. Balisong pen knives, hypodermic needle pens, blow pens that shoot poison darts, tear-gas pens, booby-trapped pens and the many types of pen guns are covered. A special section features rare assassination and E&E devices developed and used by the Gestapo, OSS, SOE, CIA, Vietcong and other espionage, military and terrorist organizations. For academic study only.