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Published by Aurum Press, 2017
ISBN 10: 1781312974ISBN 13: 9781781312971
Seller: The Anthropologists Closet, Des Moines, IA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. New hardcover in new dust jacket. Pages are clean and free of marks or underlining. 8vo. (6.38 x 1.25 x 9.5 inches) Includes author's notes, index, and photo plates. 352 pp. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. Following on from the enormous success of his bestseller, The Secret Life of Bletchley Park, renowned author Sinclair McKay uncovers the story of what happened after the end of the Second World War. Once victory was declared, many of the individuals who had achieved the seemingly impossible at Bletchley Park by cracking the impenetrable Enigma codes and giving the Allies an invaluable insight directly into the Nazi war machine, moved on to GCHQ. This was the British government's new facility established to fight a different, but no less formidable foe - Stalin and the KGB. Fascinating and insightful revelations from deep within the archives of this secret organisation reveal the story of the tumultuous early years of GCHQ as it navigated its way through an era of double agents, deception and betrayals. From the defection of the Cambridge Five and the treachery of the atomic scientist Klaus Fuchs, to the collapse of the British Empire, the ascension of Chairman Mao and the emergence of the US as a superpower, McKay deftly explores the impact these events had on the fledgling organisation. During the years of the Cold War the men and women of GCHQ penetrated Soviet encryptions and gathered crucial intelligence from all over the world. The Spies of Winter tells the story of the codebreakers themselves and how they used new technology to expand the horizons of cryptography in order to defend the nation and maintain the fragile peace in a world now under the shadow of nuclear holocaust.
Published by Aurum History, 2013
ISBN 10: 1781310793ISBN 13: 9781781310793
Seller: Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Webster, NY, U.S.A.
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Trade Paperback. Condition: Fine. 1st Printing. First printing. A fine copy. 2013 Trade Paperback. 354 pp. The men and women of the ?Y? (for Wireless?) Service were sent out across the world to run listening stations from Gibraltar to Cairo, intercepting the German military?s encrypted messages for decoding back at the now-famous Bletchley Park mansion. Such wartime postings were life-changing adventures ? travel out by flying boat or Indian railways, snakes in filing cabinets and heat so intense the perspiration ran into your shoes - but many of the secret listeners found lifelong romance in their far-flung corner of the world. Now, drawing on dozens of interviews with surviving veterans, Sinclair McKay tells their remarkable story at last.
Published by Sapere Books, 2020
ISBN 10: 1800550596ISBN 13: 9781800550599
Seller: Book Express (NZ), Wellington, New Zealand
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 189 pages. An engrossing account of working in the top-secret world of Bletchley Park during World War Two. Perfect for fans o f Sinclair McKay, Tessa Dunlop and Andrew Hodges. In 1938, Sarah Baring was enjoying life as a young debutante. Only a few years later, at the height of World War Two, she was working alongside some of the greatest minds of Britain in their code-breaking oper ations at Bletchley Park. How did she end up in the top-secret w orld of cyphers and codes? And what did she do within the confin es of Bletchley's Hut 4 that allowed the British Navy to be alway s one step ahead of their foes? Like many young men and women ac ross all levels of British society, the outbreak of war in 1939 d ramatically altered the course of Sarah's life. Knowing that she could not stand by while others were enlisting, she left her pos ition in Vogue magazine and signed up to work as a telephonist at an Air Raid Precautions Centre before working in a fighter plane factory to do her bit. The women that she worked alongside were unlike those she had known in her high society life and opened he r eyes to a completely different world. Yet, after just a few mo nths, she was requested to leave the factory behind and was thrus t into the world of intelligence, code-breaking and huge computer s, rubbing shoulders with awkward geniuses like Alan Turing. The Road to Station X provides a window into the life of a young wom an that shifted from being a carefree debutante to factory girl t o working with code-breakers in Bletchley Park as a result of the turbulent events of World War Two. As the Daily Mail stated, he r natural modesty meant she hardly mentioned her vital contributi on to Britain's war effort. However, shortly before she died she wrote her memoir which revealed the truth about her role in the w ar.
Published by KNV Besorgung, 2018
ISBN 10: 1472252608ISBN 13: 9781472252609
Seller: moluna, Greven, Germany
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Condition: New. Put your brain to the test with never-before-seen mind benders, riddles and puzzles inspired by the code breakers of Bletchley Park.nBletchley Park Brainteasers was the runaway Christmas bestseller in 2017 and delighted hundreds of thousands of devoted .