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Code girls : the untold story of the American women code breakers of World War II / Liza Mundy.

Mundy, Liza, 1960- (author.).

Summary:

Documents the contributions of more than ten thousand American women who served as codebreakers during World War II, detailing how their efforts shortened the war, saved countless lives, and enabled their subsequent careers.

Record details

ISBN: 9780316439893
Physical Description: xiv, 620 pages (large print), 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition: Large print edition, First edition.
Publisher: New York, NY : Hachette Books, 2017.
Copyright: ©2017.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 559-620).

Formatted Contents Note:

The secret letters -- Introduction: "Your country needs you, young ladies" -- Part I. "In the event of total war women will be needed" -- Twenty-eight acres of girls -- "This is a man's size job, but I seem to be getting away with it" -- The most difficult problem -- "So many girls in one place" -- Part II. "Over all this vast expanse of waters Japan was supreme" -- "It was heart-rending" -- "Q for communications" -- The forlorn shoe -- "Hell's half-acre" -- "It was only human to complain" -- Pencil-pushing mamas sink the shipping of Japan -- Part III. The tide turns -- Sugar camp -- "All my love, Jim" -- "Enemy landing at the mouth of the Seine" -- Teedy -- The surrender message -- Good-bye to Crow -- Epilogue: The mitten.