Budiansky, Stephen

Battle of Wits: The Complete Story of Codebreaking in World War II

New York: Free Press, 2000. First Printing. 436, illus., maps, notes, glossary, bibliography, index, book cocked, some wear/small chips to DJ edges. Examines cryptanalysis and explains how the most impenetrable of Axis codes were actually broken, including the German ENIGMA and the Japanese "Purple" machines. The author also traces the secret project, codenamed VERONA, that broke the Soviet spy codes. Condition: good, good.

Keywords: Alan Turing, Bletchley Park, Codes and Ciphers, Codebreaking, Cryptography, Crypta Intelligence, William Friedman, WWII

ISBN: 0684859327

[Book #56281]

Price: $25.00