Isbn: 9780151786343 - Room Forty: British Naval Intelligence 1914-18 (17 results)

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Condition: Good. Good condition. Acceptable dust jacket. (world war, 1914-1918, cryptography, secret service) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

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hardcover. 1st. 8vo, 338 pp., Remainder mark lower edge. Nearly fine copy in fine dust jacket. Illus. with photos (illustrator).

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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Light wear. Owner's name on front end page, else unmarked. "This book is the enthralling story of the extraordinary band of amateurs in Room 40: university professors, clergymen, naval schoolmasters, stockbrokers, and bankers, who captured all the German naval codes before the end of 1914 and of how they read them and their replacements over the next four years." From the library of Captain Robert McCabe III, USN. McCabe was a professor at the Naval War College.…

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1983 1st American edition with B&W illustrations; ex-library with Dewey number to DJ spine and some redactions in black pen internally and on page fore-edges; front free endpaper removed. Tightly bound in red boards and black cloth spine with bronze lettering; binding neatly mended; small sellotape marks where DJ has been adhered to cover. VG dust jacket not price-clipped and protected by removable clear sleeve; minor wear to edges. Pages clean; overall, a good copy. Used - Good. Good ex-lib hardback in dust jacket Used - Good. Good ex-lib hardback in dust jacket.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. First American Edition [stated]. xi, [3], 338 pages. Maps. Illustrations. Footnotes. List of Abbreviations. List of Staff Identified. Sources and Select Bibliography. Index. Black mark on bottom edge. Patrick Beesly (27 June 1913 - 16 August 1986) was a British author and intelligence officer during World War II. Just before World War II, he joined the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve (RNVR) in June 1939, became a Sub-Lieutenant (Special Branch), and was appointed to the Naval Intelligence Division (NID 2), in the section concentrating on France, Spain, and the Benelux countries. His first assignment was with the activities of armed merchant raiders but from 1941 until the end of the war with Germany he worked on submarine tracking as Deputy to Commander Rodger Winn. Patrick Beesly's first book, Very Special Intelligence in 1977 was well received. He proceeded to write other works on related intelligence and historical themes, some of which involved some far-reaching conclusions. Derived from a Kirkus review: Because of Britain's slowness in declassifying official documents, it has fallen to the leading authority on British WW II naval intelligence to make first use of the files on British WW I naval intelligence--opened only in 1976 and still not fully. Beesly makes several distinct contributions. He describes the organization and personnel of Room 40--a pioneering operation, and Bletchley Park's forerunner; also, how it procured German naval codes. He expands on both submarine and surface warfare: knowledge of U-boat whereabouts enabled shipping to be routed evasively. He scrutinizes the Lusitania question: did Churchill have advance knowledge of the danger, and sacrifice the Lusitania to get America into the war? He concludes that such is not likely--but not impossible either. He gives close attention to the interception of the Zimmerman telegram--offering Mexico part of the American Southwest in return for an alliance--which indeed did precipitate American entrance into the war. A rewarding work for SIGINT buffs, the naval following, and students of World War I. …

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