A fascinating new work that challenges preconceptions of both Bletchley Park and organization studies.
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"How was Bletchley Park made as an organization? How was signals intelligence constructed as a field? What was Bletchley Park's culture and how was its work co-ordinated? Bletchley Park was not just the home of geniuses such as Alan Turing, it was also the workplace of thousands…
"As its title implies, this book has two purposes. One is to explicate the 'decoding organization' at Bletchley Park, the place most famous for the breaking of Enigma ciphers in conditions of complete secrecy during the Second World War. The other is, in the process, to develop …
"How was Bletchley Park made as an organization? How was signals intelligence constructed as a field? What was Bletchley Park's culture and how was its work co-ordinated? Bletchley Park was not just the home of geniuses such as Alan Turing, it was also the workplace of thousands…
A fascinating new work that challenges preconceptions of both Bletchley Park and organization studies.
"As Testament of Youth movingly showed, the First World War was to haunt Vera Brittain throughout her life. When Great Britain again declared war on Germany in 1939, she feared the worst. But although during these years much was to be endured by the British, much was also to be …
First published at the height of the Second World War, "England's Hour" is Vera Brittain's account of the grim, desperate but often inspiring years, 1939-41. As "Testament of Youth" movingly showed, the First World War was to haunt Vera Brittain and when war was again declared o…
"The aim of this book is simple. It is to provide a selection or atlas of photographs of items relating to the home front in London during the two world wars. Most importantly, these items must be reasonably available for viewing to the general public in real life. There are (es…
"The aim of this book is simple. It is to provide a selection or atlas of photographs of items relating to the home front in London during the two world wars. Most importantly, these items must be reasonably available for viewing to the general public in real life. There are (es…
"Harry Patch, the last British soldier alive to have fought in the trenches of the First World War, is now 108 years old and one of very few people who can directly recall the horror of that conflict." "Harry vividly remembers his childhood in the Somerset countryside of Edwardi…
"Harry Patch, the last British soldier alive to have fought in the trenches of the First World War, is now 108 years old and one of very few people who can directly recall the horror of that conflict." "Harry vividly remembers his childhood in the Somerset countryside of Edwardi…
This is a portrait of a close, loving family splintered by the violent ideologies of Europe between the world wars. The story of the Mitford sisters follows Jessica, a communist; Debo, the Duchess of Devonshire; Nancy, a best-selling novelist; Diana, who was the most hated woman…
This is the story of a close, loving family splintered by the violent ideologies of Europe between the world wars. Jessica was a Communist; Debo became the Duchess of Devonshire; Nancy was one of the best-selling novelists of her day; beautiful Diana married the Fascist leader S…
This is a poignant, and very personal childhood memoir of growing up in Cumbria during the Second World War and into the 1950s.
This is a poignant, and very personal childhood memoir of growing up in Cumbria during the Second World War and into the 1950s.
