Battle Of Wits: The Complete Story of Codebreaking in World War II
by Budiansky, Stephen
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0684859327
- ISBN 13
- 9780684859323
- Seller
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Middlebury, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
New York: Free Press, 2000. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 436 pages. Hardcover. 16 pages of b&w photographs. Red gilt titles on spine. Light edge wear to dust jacket, otherwise clean, tight copy. Record # 468121
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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- Bookseller
- Monroe Street Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 468121
- Title
- Battle Of Wits: The Complete Story of Codebreaking in World War II
- Author
- Budiansky, Stephen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0684859327
- ISBN 13
- 9780684859323
- Publisher
- Free Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- History, WW-II, 1st, , .
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