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100 1 $aMundy, Liza,$d1960-$eauthor.
245 10$aCode girls :$bthe untold story of the American women code breakers of World War II /$cLiza Mundy.
250 $aFirst trade edition.
260 $aNew York :$bHachette Books,$c2018.
300 $axiv, 434 p., 8 unnumbered p. :$billustrations ;$c21 cm.
500 $aOriginally published: New York: Hachette Books, 2017.
500 $aIncludes a new afterword and reading group guide.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 381-420) and index.
505 0 $aThe 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 -- Afterword for the paperback edition -- Reading group guide.
520 $aDocuments the contributions of more than ten thousand American women who served as codebreakers during World War II, detailing how their efforts shortened the war, saved countless lives, and enabled their subsequent careers.
650 0$aCryptographers$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0$aCryptography$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCryptography.
650 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xParticipation, Female.