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The Woman Who Smashed Codes

Jason Fagone

How did Elizebeth Friedman break codes and help stop Nazi spies in the years before the NSA and the CIA existed?

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Author
Jason Fagone

Why read it

  • You will see how patient work on intercepted messages can expose a spy network hiding in plain sight
  • You will learn how a hidden war of spies and radio messages was fought by codebreakers
  • You will understand how a government can classify and seize the work of the people who served it

Who it is for

  • A puzzle lover drawn to codes and ciphers
  • A woman in a technical field who wants a pioneer's story
  • A history reader of the two world wars

Contents

  1. Author’s Note: Prying Eyes
  2. Part I: Riverbank
  3. Chapter 1: Fabyan
  4. Chapter 2: Unbelievable, Yet It Was There
  5. Chapter 3: Bacon’s Ghost
  6. Chapter 4: He Who Fears Is Half Dead
  7. Chapter 5: The Escape Plot
  8. Part II: Target Practice
  9. Part III: The Invisible War
  10. Chapter 1: Grandmother Died
  11. Chapter 2: Magic
  12. Chapter 3: The Hauptsturmführer and the Funkmeister
  13. Chapter 4: Circuit 3-N
  14. Chapter 5: The Doll Lady
  15. Chapter 6: Hitler’s Lair
  16. Epilogue: Girl Cryptanalyst and All That

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