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A carregar... Battle of Wits: The Complete Story of Codebreaking in World War II (2000)por Stephen Budiansky
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Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se irá gostar deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. An excellent history of cryptography in WWII. It gets into the details of how different crytposystems were broken and how the results were used. ( ) Great book on the Allies codebreaking efforts before and during World War 2. The author explains in a fair amount of detail how the codes were cracked along with the rivalries between various groups and countries. The writing itself was, well, a bit different too. Rather than follow a strict chronological order, the book begins in the early stages of WWII and then continues with several chapter-length digressions. In fact, the author digresses numerous places in the book, but it works. Perhaps the only part missing in this book is an appendix or two with some of the actual messages -- both in code and translated with detailed step-by-step how it was broken. This might not be the best book for someone without any knowledge of cryptography (because it is very in-depth in spots), but after a general book on codes, this one is very readable. An interesting book, albeit a little technical in places, that details some World War II history that I was largely unaware of. In fact, the narrative pointed out to me that I know very little of the month to month progress of the war and even less about many of the people involved in the prosecution of the various phases. Recommended for those interested in WWII and particularly in cryptography. sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
"Battle of Wits presents the history of the war that these documents reveal. From the Battle of Midway until the last German code was broken in January 1945, this is an astonishing epic of a war that was won not simply by brute strength but also by reading the enemy's intentions." "This is the story of the Allied codebreakers puzzling through the most difficult codebreaking problems that ever existed. At the same time, the compelling narrative shows the crucial effect codebreaking had on the battlefields by explaining the urgency of stopping the wolf pack U-boat attacks in the North Atlantic, the burning desire in the United States to turn the tide of the war after Pearl Harbor, the importance of halting Rommel's tanks in North Africa, and the necessity of ensuring that the Germans believed the Allies' audacious deception and cover plans for D-Day."--Jacket. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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