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War of shadows : codebreakers, spies, and the secret struggle to drive the Nazis from the Middle East
- Title
- War of shadows : codebreakers, spies, and the secret struggle to drive the Nazis from the Middle East / Gershom Gorenberg.
- Author
- Gorenberg, Gershom
- Publication
- New York : PublicAffairs, Hachette Book Group, 2021.
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Details
- Description
- xix, 474 pages : map; 25 cm
- Summary
- "As World War II rages in North Africa, General Irwin Rommel marches his troops swiftly through Egypt, aiming to overrun he entire Middle East. An uncanny sense of his enemies' weaknesses and positions informs each move. The Nazis, somehow, have a source for the Allies' greatest secrets. Yet Rommel is not the only one with stolen knowledge. Allied cryptographers are breaking the extraordinarily complex Nazi code Enigma. On the brink of disaster, a fevered, high-stakes search for the Nazis' source begins."--Dust jacket flap
- Subject
- 1900-1999
- World War, 1939-1945 > Cryptography
- World War, 1939-1945 > Middle East
- World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Africa, North
- Espionage > History > 20th century
- World War, 1939-1945 > Electronic intelligence
- Espionage
- Electronic intelligence
- Cryptography
- Espionage, German
- Military campaigns
- Great Britain
- Middle East
- North Africa
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-454) and index.
- Contents
- Curtain rising: last train from Cairo -- All quiet on the Nile. "Report for duty, in accordance with the instructions you have received" ; The seductive curves of the dunes ; Next king of the Nile ; The machine is the future ; The flaw in the machine is the man ; The oracles -- The wager. The keystone in the arch ; War of shadows ; Sandstorm ; Half-shared secrets ; The lady who spied on spies ; The oracles speak gibberish -- A particularly reliable source. The woman of daunting intelligence ; Mare incognitum ; Spies, everywhere -- "The matter becomes of extreme urgency". Compromised ; Inside information -- Line in the sand. El alamein ; Unknown soldiers -- Epilogue.
- Call Number
- JFE 21-2823
- ISBN
- 9781610396271
- 1610396278
- LCCN
- 2020022031
- OCLC
- 1153640469
- Author
- Gorenberg, Gershom, author.
- Title
- War of shadows : codebreakers, spies, and the secret struggle to drive the Nazis from the Middle East / Gershom Gorenberg.
- Publisher
- New York : PublicAffairs, Hachette Book Group, 2021.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-454) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1900-1999
- Other Form:
- Online version: Gorenberg, Gershom. War of shadows. New York : PublicAffairs, 2021 9781541758711 (OCoLC)1162355785
- Research Call Number
- JFE 21-2823