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The Man Who Broke Purple

Published
Nov 2011
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General Fiction General Fiction
Pages
240

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Purple



The Code used by the Japanese prior to the bombing of Pearl Harbour . . . Did the Americans have advance information of the devastation to come? Had they cracked

Purple . . ?



Colonel William Friedman was 'the man who broke purple': this fascinating new biography of the world's greatest cryptographer reveals many new facts of the intriguing 'secret war' carried on by Intelligence departments in many countries.

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First Edition Aug 2012 Bloomsbury (UK) ISBN13 9781448206551 ISBN10 1448206553
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Nov 2011 Bloomsbury ISBN13 9781448206193 ISBN10 1448206197
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Nov 2011 Bloomsbury Reader ISBN10 B0062N34RK
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