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Battle of Wits: The Complete Story of Codebreaking in World War II
by Budiansky, Stephen
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- ISBN 10
- 0684859327
- ISBN 13
- 9780684859323
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About This Item
New York: Free Press, 2000. First Printing. good, good. 436, illus., maps, notes, glossary, bibliography, index, book cocked, some wear/small chips to DJ edges. Examines cryptanalysis and explains how the most impenetrable of Axis codes were actually broken, including the German ENIGMA and the Japanese "Purple" machines. The author also traces the secret project, codenamed VERONA, that broke the Soviet spy codes.
Synopsis
A million pages of new World War II codebreaking records have been released by the U.S. Army and Navy and the British government over the last five years. Now, Battle of Wits presents the history of the war that these documents reveal. From the battle of Midway until the last German code was broken in January 1945, this is an astonishing epic of a war that was won not simply by brute strength but also by reading the enemy's intentions. The revelations of Stephen Budiansky's dramatic history include how Britain tried to manipulate the American codebreakers and monopolize German Enigma code communications; the first detailed published explanations of how the Japanese codes were broken; and how the American codebreaking machines worked to crack the Japanese, the German, and even the Russian diplomatic codes. The compelling narrative shows the crucial effect codebreaking had on the battlefields by explaining the urgency of stopping the wolf pack U-boat attacks in the North Atlantic, the importance of halting Rommel's tanks in North Africa, and the necessity of ensuring that the Germans believed the Allies' audacious deception and cover plans for D-Day. Unveiled for the first time, the complete story of codebreaking in World War II has now been told.
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- Ground Zero Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 56281
- Title
- Battle of Wits: The Complete Story of Codebreaking in World War II
- Author
- Budiansky, Stephen
- Book Condition
- Used - good, good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0684859327
- ISBN 13
- 9780684859323
- Publisher
- Free Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- Alan Turing, Bletchley Park, Codes and Ciphers, Codebreaking, Cryptography, Crypta Intelligence, William Friedman, WWII
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