Re: VOICES OF THE CODEBREAKERS
Ronald Wyllys <[email protected]>
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"Voices from the Code Breakers" appears to be the same as the Michael Paterson book just published in the US under the title, "Secret War: The Inside Story of the Code Makers and Code Breakers of World War II". Ronald Wyllys (A 1950s NSAer) Geoff Sullivan wrote: > Plenty on Amazon at half the published price. Pretty wild claim to > 'expose how the war was really won.' > > regards, > > geoff > > > > Voices from the Code Breakers: In World War II (Hardcover) > by Michael Paterson (Author) > > Hardcover: 288 pages > Publisher: David & Charles (27 April 2007) > Language English > ISBN-10: 071532280X > ISBN-13: 978-0715322802 > > Synopsis > This book takes a comprehensive look at the undercover war, revealing > just how much of WWII was won away from the battlefields. From the > British cryptologists to the European resistance fighters, this book > uncovers the stories of extraordinary people and their chance finds, > lucky accidents, dogged determination and moments of sheer brilliance, > to expose how the war was really won. It includes an intriguing > glimpse at the early history of the computer - its spectacular uses > and subsequent development and features vivid first-hand accounts from > the staff of Bletchley Park, the French and Dutch resistance fighters, > the American secret agents and the British SOE saboteurs. It is > illustrated with secret maps, resistance maps and rare archive > photographs. > > > Mark Baldwin wrote: >> Has anyone seen this book? >> Any views? >> >> Mark Baldwin >> > . >