BATTLE OF WITS: The Complete Story of Codebreaking in World War II

Budiansky, Stephen

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Language: English

Published by Viking, London, 2000

0670884928 / 9780670884926

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This copy is in as new condition bound in black cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. There is an attractive bookplate to the front paste down, there is some very mild spotting to the prelims but this dowes not affect the text of the plates. The unclipped dust wrapper is in new condition. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Over the last two years, nearly 5,000 documents detailing US and British codebreaking during WWII have been declassified. These include the complete notebooks of Alan Turing, full texts of deciphered U-boat cables, and master cryptanalyst William Friedman's diagram of the Japanese purple cipher machine - which he deduced without ever having seen the actual device. By drawing on these files, plus numerous other documents and oral histories, Stephen Budiansky has written a gripping narrative ofcodebreaking during the war. Ref MM 6.…

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Title
BATTLE OF WITS: The Complete Story of Codebreaking in World War II
Author
Budiansky, Stephen
Publisher
Viking, London
Publication year
2000
Condition
As New
Dust jacket
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Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
ISBN 10
0670884928
ISBN 13
9780670884926
Edition
1st Edition

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