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The Enigmatic Sailor
Sir Alan Peacock
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The part played by code-cracking in World War II has been revealed in popular film and has also inspired several accounts by code-crackers. Much less well-known is how code-cracking was used in operational situations. In this account the Silent Service speaks through the voice of a young and inexperienced naval officer whose rites of passage to manhood required him to act as a seagoing eavesdropper, a role calling not only for quick intelligence but also for facing up to excitement and danger. Sir Alan Peacock's story is interlaced with graphic accounts of life on the lower deck, being ... Read more
The part played by code-cracking in World War II has been revealed in popular film and has also inspired several accounts by code-crackers. Much less well-known is how code-cracking was used in operational situations. In this account the Silent Service speaks through the voice of a young and inexperienced naval officer whose rites of passage to manhood required him to act as a seagoing eavesdropper, a role calling not only for quick intelligence but also for facing up to excitement and danger. Sir Alan Peacock's story is interlaced with graphic accounts of life on the lower deck, being ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Whittles Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
Caithness, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781904445098
SKU
V9781904445098
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