Code Girls The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II

Name: Code Girls The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II
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ISBN: 9780316352543

ISBN-10: 0316352543

ISBN-13: 9780316352543

Edition: 2018

Authors: Liza Mundy

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER "Prodigiously researched and engrossing."---New York Times Book Review "Fascinating.... Addictively readable."---Boston Globe "Code Girls reveals a hidden army of female cryptographers, whose work played a crucial role in ending World War II.... Mundy has rescued a piece of forgotten history, and given these American heroes the recognition they deserve."---Nathalia Holt, bestselling author of Rise of the Rocket Girls 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…

Book details

List price: $28.99
Copyright year: 2018
Publisher: Hachette Books
Publication date: 10/2/2018
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 448
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 0.836

Liza Mundy is the bestselling author of Michelle: A Biography and Everything Conceivable. A longtime award-winning reporter for The Washington Post, she is currently a Schwartz Fellow at the New America Foundation. She lives in Arlington, Virginia.