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The Bletchley park codebreakers : how ultra shortened the war and led to the birth of the computer

Title
The Bletchley park codebreakers : how ultra shortened the war and led to the birth of the computer / edited by Ralph Erskine and Michael Smith.
Publication
London : Biteback, 2011.

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Additional Authors
  • Erskine, Ralph.
  • Smith, Michael, 1952 May 1-
Description
xvi, 495 p., [8] p. of plates : ill.; 20 cm.
Summary
This book tells the full history of Bletchley Park, tracing its legacy from the innovative work which led to the breaking of Enigma and other wartime codes to the invention of modern computing and its influence on Cold War codebreaking.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 410-470) and index.
Contents
1. Bletchley Park in pre-war perspective / Christopher Andrew -- 2. The government code and cypher school and the first Cold War / Michael Smith -- 3. Reminiscences on the enigma / Hugh Foss -- 4. Breaking Air Force and Army enigma / Ralph Erskine -- 5. Hut 6 from the inside / Derek Taunt -- 6. Breaking Italian naval enigma / Mavis Batey -- 7. A biographical fragment : 1942-5 / John Chadwick -- 8. An undervalued effort : how the British broke Japan's codes / Michael Smith -- 9. Solving JN-25 at Bletchley Park: 1943-5 -- 10. Most helpful and co-operative : GC & CS and the development of American diplomatic cryptanalysis, 1941-2 / David Alvarez -- 11. Breaking German naval enigma on both sides of the Atlantic / Ralph Erskine -- 12. Hut 8 from the inside / Rolf Noskwith -- 13. Bletchley Park and the birth of the very special relationship / Stephen Budiansky -- 14. Mihailović or Tito? How the codebreakers helped Churchill choose / John Cripps -- 15. Traffic analysis : a log-reader's tale / James W. Thirsk -- 16. Bletchley Park, double cross and D-Day / Michael Smith -- 17. How Dilly Knox and his girls broke the Abwehr enigma / Keith Batey -- 18. Breaking Tunny and the birth of Colossus / Shaun Wylie -- 19. Colossus and the dawning of the computer age / B. Jack Copeland -- 20. Enigma's security : what the Germans really knew / Ralph Erskine -- 21. From amateurs to professionals : GC & CS and institution-building in Signals Intelligence / Philip H.J. Davies -- 22. Cold War codebreaking and beyond : the legacy of Bletchley Park / Richard J. Aldrich -- 23. Bletchley Park in post-war perspective / Christopher Andrew.
Call Number
JFD 12-2286
ISBN
  • 1849540780
  • 9781849540780
OCLC
670282517
Title
The Bletchley park codebreakers : how ultra shortened the war and led to the birth of the computer / edited by Ralph Erskine and Michael Smith.
Imprint
London : Biteback, 2011.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 410-470) and index.
Added Author
Erskine, Ralph.
Smith, Michael, 1952 May 1-
Research Call Number
JFD 12-2286
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