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Code Girls

Liza Mundy

How did American women become the code breakers of the Second World War, and why did their work stay secret for so long?

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Author
Liza Mundy

Why read it

  • You will see how a country in crisis finds talent it had overlooked
  • You will learn how patient, detailed work on enemy messages can change the course of a war
  • You will understand how an organization can scale up overnight and what that does to its culture

Who it is for

  • Readers who like Second World War history from new angles
  • People curious about forgotten contributions to major events
  • Managers studying how teams grow fast under pressure

Contents

  1. Author’s Note
  2. THE SECRET LETTERS
  3. INTRODUCTION
  4. “Your Country Needs You, Young Ladies”
  5. PART I
  6. “In the Event of Total War Women Will Be Needed”
  7. CHAPTER ONE
  8. Twenty-Eight Acres of Girls
  9. CHAPTER TWO
  10. “This Is a Man’s Size Job, but I Seem to Be Getting Away with It”
  11. CHAPTER THREE
  12. The Most Difficult Problem
  13. CHAPTER FOUR
  14. “So Many Girls in One Place”
  15. PART II
  16. “Over All This Vast Expanse of Waters Japan Was Supreme”
  17. CHAPTER FIVE
  18. “It Was Heart-Rending”
  19. CHAPTER SIX
  20. “Q for Communications”
  21. CHAPTER SEVEN
  22. The Forlorn Shoe
  23. CHAPTER EIGHT
  24. “Hell’s Half-Acre”
  25. CHAPTER NINE
  26. “It Was Only Human to Complain”
  27. CHAPTER TEN
  28. Pencil-Pushing Mamas Sink the Shipping of Japan
  29. PART III
  30. The Tide Turns
  31. CHAPTER ELEVEN
  32. Sugar Camp
  33. CHAPTER TWELVE
  34. “All My Love, Jim”
  35. CHAPTER THIRTEEN
  36. “Enemy Landing at the Mouth of the Seine”
  37. CHAPTER FOURTEEN
  38. Teedy
  39. CHAPTER FIFTEEN
  40. The Surrender Message
  41. CHAPTER SIXTEEN
  42. Good-Bye to Crow
  43. EPILOGUE
  44. The Mitten
  45. Photos

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