Action this day : Bletchley Park from the breaking of the Enigma Code to the birth of the modern computer
2002
Book
In 1941, in response to a warning by Britain's codebreakers that their efforts to break the Enigma code were being hampered by lack of funds, Churchill ordered that they be given everything they need. This book traces the legacy of Bletchley Park.
Main title:
Action this day : Bletchley Park from the breaking of the Enigma Code to the birth of the modern computer / edited by Ralph Erskine and Michael Smith.
Imprint:
London : Bantam, 2002.
Collation:
xv, 543 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., facsim., ports. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: 2001.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780593049822 (pbk)
Dewey class:
358.2430941940.5486
Language:
English
Subject:
Government Communications HeadquartersWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Electronic intelligence -- Great BritainWorld War, 1939-1945 -- CryptographyElectronic intelligence -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th centuryCryptography -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th centuryIntelligence services -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th centuryBletchley Park (Milton Keynes, England) -- History
BRN:
246942