Download or read book Battle of Wits written by Stephen Budiansky and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2000 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is the story of the Allied codebreakers puzzling through the most difficult codebreaking problems that ever existed.

Download or read book Some Forms of the Riddle Question and the Exercise of the Wits in Popular Fiction and Formal Literature written by Rudolph Schevill and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book War of Shadows written by Gershom Gorenberg and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 2021-01-19 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this World War II military history, Rommel's army is a day from Cairo, a week from Tel Aviv, and the SS is ready for action. Espionage brought the Nazis this far, but espionage can stop them—if Washington wakes up to the danger. As World War II raged in North Africa, General Erwin Rommel was guided by an uncanny sense of his enemies' plans and weaknesses. In the summer of 1942, he led his Axis army swiftly and terrifyingly toward Alexandria, with the goal of overrunning the entire Middle East. Each step was informed by detailed updates on British positions. The Nazis, somehow, had a source for the Allies' greatest secrets. Yet the Axis powers were not the only ones with intelligence. Brilliant Allied cryptographers worked relentlessly at Bletchley Park, breaking down the extraordinarily complex Nazi code Enigma. From decoded German messages, they discovered that the enemy had a wealth of inside information. On the brink of disaster, a fevered and high-stakes search for the source began. War of Shadows is the cinematic story of the race for information in the North African theater of World War II, set against intrigues that spanned the Middle East. Years in the making, this book is a feat of historical research and storytelling, and a rethinking of the popular narrative of the war. It portrays the conflict not as an inevitable clash of heroes and villains but a spiraling series of failures, accidents, and desperate triumphs that decided the fate of the Middle East and quite possibly the outcome of the war.

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Download or read book The Battle of Kulikovo Refought written by Kati M.J. Parppei and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2017-01-05 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The battle of Kulikovo, fought between Muscovite and Tatar troops in 1380, has been considered as a crucial turning point in the national history of Russia. In The Battle of Kulikovo Refought Kati Parppei examines the layers of contemporary meanings attached to the event from the Middle Ages to the present, following the formation and establishment of the collective images and perceptions concerning the battle. By utilizing a diverse set of sources she shows that the present image of the medieval battle was created in retrospect from the 15th century onwards by interpolating, interpreting and simplifying. The narrative themes emphasizing internal unity have been applicable to practically any political situation over the centuries, especially to ones involving external threat.

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Download or read book Primary Source Accounts of the Civil War written by Archie P. McDonald and published by Enslow Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This compelling resource looks at the causes of the Civil War, military, and life on the homefront. Letters, diaries, and other documents that offer firsthand accounts of life during the American Civil War are the focus of this book. By viewing events through the eyes of those who lived through it, readers will be more engaged with this topic.

Download or read book Telegram from Guernica written by Nicholas Rankin and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2012-09-20 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 26 April 1937, in the rubble of the bombed city of Guernica, the world's press scrambled to submit their stories. But one journalist held back, and spent an extra day exploring the scene. His report pointed the finger at secret Nazi involvement in the devastating aerial attack. It was the lead story in both The Times and the New York Times, and became the most controversial dispatch of the Spanish Civil War. Who was this Special Correspondent, whose report inspired Picasso's black-and-white painting Guernica - the most enduring single image of the twentieth century - and earned him a place on the Gestapo Special Wanted List? George Steer, a 27-year-old adventurer, was a friend and supporter of the Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie I. He foresaw and alerted others to the fascist game-plan in Africa and all over Europe; initiated new techniques of propaganda and psychological warfare; saw military action in Ethiopia, Spain, Finland, Libya, Egypt, Madagascar and Burma; married twice and wrote eight books. Without Steer, the true facts about Guernica's destruction might never have been known. In this exhilarating biography, Nicholas Rankin brilliantly evokes all the passion, excitement and danger of an extraordinary life, right up to Steer's premature death in the jungle on Christmas Day 1944.

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Download or read book An Educator s Guide to the Perspectives on History Series written by JoAnne Weisman Deitch and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the idea that the study of history should include the perspectives of all the people who lived during a certain time period, this unit offers as many different points of view as possible. Students are introduced to primary source materials and exposed to literature (especially historical fiction), poetry, and drama that reflects the period being studied. The guide is divided into the following sections: (1) "Integrating History and Literature"; (2) "History's Habits of the Mind"; (3) "Memory Power"; (4) "Questioning Techniques"; (5) "Finding Primary Sources"; (6) "Incorporating Primary Sources"; (7) "Written Documents"; (8) "Photos and Graphic Documents"; (9) "Song/Poem Document"; (10) "Cartoon Documents"; (11) "Artifact Documents"; (12) "Map Reading"; (13) "Charts and Graphs"; and (14) "Teaching Notes for the 'Perspectives on History Series.'" This last section contains historical materials on the following topics: Colonial History; Western Themes; Relocation and Immigration; Women's History; The Black Experience; Justice and the Law; 19th Century Industrialization and Labor History; 20th Century; and War and Conflict. Appendixes contain a bibliography, reprints from the National Standards for United States History (Grades 5-12), and recommended resources for teachers and librarians of Grades 5-12. (BT)