The secret life of Bletchley Park : the WWII codebreaking centre and the men and women who worked there /: the WWII codebreaking centre and the men and women who worked there. (2012)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- The secret life of Bletchley Park : the WWII codebreaking centre and the men and women who worked there /: the WWII codebreaking centre and the men and women who worked there. (2012)
- Main Title:
- The secret life of Bletchley Park : the WWII codebreaking centre and the men and women who worked there
- Further Information:
- Note: Sinclair McKay.
- Authors:
- McKay, Sinclair
- Contents:
- Cover; Praise; Title Page; Acknowledgements; Contents; 1 Reporting for Duty; 2 1938-39: The School of Codes; 3 1939: Rounding Up the Brightest and the Best; 4 The House and the Surrounding Country; 5 1939: How Do You Break the Unbreakable?; 6 1939-40: The Enigma Initiation; 7 Freezing Billets and Outdoor Loos; 8 1940: The First Glimmers of Light; 9 1940: Inspiration -- and Intensity; 10 1940: The Coming of the Bombes; 11 1940: Enigma and the Blitz; 12 Bletchley and the Class Question; 13 1941: The Battle of the Atlantic; 14 Food, Booze and Too Much Tea; 15 1941: The Wrens and their Larks. 16 1941: Bletchley and Churchill17 Military or Civilian?; 18 1942: Grave Setbacks and Internal Strife; 19 The Rules of Attraction; 20 1943: A Very Special Relationship; 21 1943: The Hazards of Careless Talk; 22 Bletchley and the Russians; 23 The Cultural Life of Bletchley Park; 24 1943-44: The Rise of the Colossus; 25 1944-45: D-Day and the End of the War; 26 1945 and After: The Immediate Aftermath; 27 Bletchley's Intellectual Legacy; 28 After Bletchley: The Silence Descends; 29 The Rescue of the Park; Notes; Index; Copyright.
- Publisher Details:
- London : Aurum
- Publication Date:
- 2012
- Copyright Date:
- 2010
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (452 pages)
- Subjects:
- 940.548641
World War, 1939-1945 -- Cryptography
World War, 1939-1945 -- Electronic intelligence -- Great Britain
Cryptography
Electronic intelligence
Bletchley Park (Milton Keynes, England) -- History
England -- Milton Keynes -- Bletchley Park
Great Britain
Electronic books
History
History - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781845136833
1845136837 - Access Rights:
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