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The award-winning New York Times bestseller about the American women who secretly served as codebreakers during World War II—a "prodigiously researched and engrossing" (New York Times) book that "shines a light on a hidden chapter of American history" (Denver Post).
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...
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...
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Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company, Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A nuts-and-bolts introduction to cryptography by the leading information security expert provides essential coverage of subjects ranging from Wi-Fi networks and online retailers to credit bureaus and data breaches.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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After being taught in a boarding school run by whites that Navajo is a useless language, Ned Begay and other Navajo men are recruited by the Marines to become Code Talkers, sending messages during World War II in their native tongue.
8) Windtalkers
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
In the Pacific theater during World War II, a Marine is assigned to protect a Navajo codetalker.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Tells the fascinating story of Elizebeth Smith Friedman, the groundbreaking cryptanalyst whose painstaking work decoding thousands of messages for the U.S. government would send infamous gangsters to prison and bring down a massive, near-invisible Nazi spy ring in WWII. Together with her husband, the legendary cryptologist William Friedman, Elizebeth helped develop the codebreaking methods that led to the creation of the powerful new science of cryptology...
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Language
English
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A dual-timeline historical novel of codebreaking, secrets, murder, and romance, set in Hawaii in 1943 and 1965, follows two women--a cryptanalyist working to defeat the Japanese Army, and a rookie journalist investigating the disappearance of a high-profile guest during the grand opening of the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel.
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Series
Publisher
Black Rabbit Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A brief look at the use of American Indian soldiers who used their native languages to communicate during World War II to prevent enemies from understanding what was being said.
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Publisher
Mariner Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"The entire vast, modern American intelligence system--the amalgam of three-letter spy services of many stripes--can be traced back to the dire straits the world faced at the dawn of World War II. It was only through Winston Churchill's determination to mobilize the US in the fight against Hitler that the first American spy service was born. In this first-ever look across the entirety of the war effort, Reynolds combines little-known history and gripping...
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Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Author James Buckley Jr. explains how these twenty-nine brave and intelligent Navajo men developed their amazing code, recounts some of their riskiest missions, and discusses how the country treated them before, during, and after the war.
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