Enigma: the battle for the code / Hugh Sebag-Montefiore
2000, 1st Edition. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #342307
Physical description: xii, 403 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations; 24 cm. Summary: "Breaking of the German Enigma code played a crucial part in the outcome of the Second World War ... But breaking Enigma was not just about brilliant mathematicians and professors at Bletchley Park ... a much wider group was also involved ... To break Enigma, and particularly the all-important Naval Enigma code, the codebreakers had to rely on the daring exploits of secret agents and spies, naval officers and ordinary seamen who risked, and in some cases lost, their lives snatching the Enigma codebooks from under the noses of Nazi officials and from sinking German ships and submarines" -- Jacket. Subjects: Enigma cipher system History. World War, 1939-1945 Cryptography.
World War, 1939-1945 Secret service Great Britain.
World War, 1939-1945 Electronic intelligence. Military history.
Price: €12.95