02947cam a2200349 i 4500 681665030 TxAuBib 170428s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2017020069 9780316439893 0316439894 40027570034 (OCoLC)20500 DLC eng rda DLC BTCTA BDX OCLCF OCLCO OCLCA CHILD JAI FM0 ILC YDX YDX CZA TXBAY IGA VP@ GZT TOH OQX TXKYL UII WLU TYPML OCLCQ UPM TXP MNE ICW YVR IUL YUS RB0 XFF TXMAL IC7 KFH FCK FYO ST5 QS5 COO TYC UBC NEPCL NGP NZD TJZ WIMVL TFW LE@ UtOrBLW TxAuBib rda Mundy, Liza, 1960-, author. Code girls : the untold story of the American women code breakers of World War II / Liza Mundy. First edition. New York : Hachette Books, [2017] ©2017. xiv, 416 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ;HC ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-402) and index. 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. Recruited by the U.S. Army and Navy from small towns and elite colleges, more than ten thousand women served as codebreakers during World War II. While their brothers and boyfriends took up arms, these women moved to Washington and learned the meticulous work of code-breaking. Their efforts shortened the war, saved countless lives, and gave them access to careers previously denied to them. A strict vow of secrecy nearly erased their efforts from history; now, through dazzling research and interviews with surviving code girls, bestselling author Liza Mundy brings to life this riveting and vital story of American courage, service, and scientific accomplishment. Cryptographers United States History 20th century AD LIT. Cryptography United States History 20th century AD LIT. World War, 1939-1945 Cryptography. AD LIT. World War, 1939-1945 Participation, Female. AD LIT. History.