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Enigma: the battle for the code / Hugh Sebag-Montefiore
by Sebag-Montefiore, Hugh
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- ISBN 10
- 029784251X
- ISBN 13
- 9780297842514
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About This Item
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2000. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xii, 403 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations; 24 cm. Summary: ""Breaking of the German Enigma code played a crucial part in the outcome of the Second World War ... But breaking Enigma was not just about brilliant mathematicians and professors at Bletchley Park ... a much wider group was also involved ... To break Enigma, and particularly the all-important Naval Enigma code, the codebreakers had to rely on the daring exploits of secret agents and spies, naval officers and ordinary seamen who risked, and in some cases lost, their lives snatching the Enigma codebooks from under the noses of Nazi officials and from sinking German ships and submarines"" -- Jacket. Subjects: Enigma cipher system History. World War, 1939-1945 Cryptography. World War, 1939-1945 Secret service Great Britain. World War, 1939-1945 Electronic intelligence. Military history.
Synopsis
"cracking stuff . . . vivid and hitherto unknown details."-Sunday Times (London) The complete untold story of the cracking of the infamous Nazi code Most histories of the cracking of the elusive Enigma code focus on the work done by the codebreakers at Bletchley Park, Britain's famous World War II counterintelligence station. In this fascinating account, however, we are told, for the first time, the hair-raising stories of the heroic British and American sailors, spies, and secret agents who put their lives on the line to provide the codebreakers with the materials they needed. Noted British journalist Hugh Sebag-Montefiore tracked down many of the surviving players in the Enigma drama, and these witnesses-some of them speaking on record for the first time-provide unforgettable firsthand accounts of the courageous men and women who faced death in order to capture vital codebooks from sinking ships and snatch them from under the noses of Nazi officials. In addition to these gripping stories, we learn fascinating new details about the genesis of the code and the feverish activities at Bletchley. Enigma is a spellbinding account of the brilliant feat of decryption that turned the tide of World War II.
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- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Enigma: the battle for the code / Hugh Sebag-Montefiore
- Author
- Sebag-Montefiore, Hugh
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 2
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 029784251X
- ISBN 13
- 9780297842514
- Publisher
- London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2000
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