Allied and Axis Signals Intelligence in World War II

ISBN-13: 9780714649580 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 229 str.

David Alvarez

Opis

Since the revelation of the so-called Ultra Secret, the importance of codebreaking and signals intelligence in the diplomacy and military operations of World War II has become increasingly evident. No history of the war is complete without a careful consideration of the role of cryptanalysis. Studies of wartime signals intelligence, however, have largely focused on Great Britain and the United States and their successes against, respectively, the German Enigma and Japanese Purple cipher machines. Drawing upon newly available sources in Australia, Britain, China, France, and the United States, the ten studies in this volume demonstrate that the codebreaking war was a truly global conflict in which many countries were active and successful.

Spis treści

RUSI Journal Dec. 99

"A newcomer to the subject should not expect to learn all about it from this volume but a reasonably experienced one will gain several very useful insights and the book can be thoroughly recommended to such a constituency."



International Intelligence History Study Group Newsletter- " the authors suceed very well in depicting vividly the turgid, claustrophobic, and conspiratorial atmosphere which prevailed during those fateful years"



Stone and Stone Second World War Books (Internet site)

"Despite some unevenness - several of these pieces are excellent while a couple are rather weak - in sum this is a terrific collection of Sigint essays."



Cryptologia, Vol 24, No 2, April 2000

"The ten studies in this informative collection not only describe British and American cryptanalytic efforts but also the work of codebreakers in Australia, China, France, Hungary, Finland, Italy and Japan."



The Journal of Military History, Vol 64, No 3, July 2000

"Volumes of edited essays frequently are marred by a lack of continuity or unevenness in the scholarship of individual essayists. This volume is a refreshing exception. ... While some essays will impress informed readers as more original than others, it stands to reason that these ten essays collectively constitute a fine volume. Focused and scholarly, it is a valuable addition to the Frank Cass Publishers series on Studies in Intelligence.

O autorze

Alvarez, David