| International Standard Book Number |
9780063305496
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780063305472
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| Personal Name |
Valentine, Sarah, 1977- author aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2007066316
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| Title Statement |
Decoding the devil : Black women codebreakers and the secret war against Stalin's bomb / Sarah Valentine.
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| Edition Statement |
First edition.
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| Imprint |
New York, NY : Harper an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2026]
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| Physical Description |
xxxii, 327 pages illustrations 24 cm
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| Bibliography, Etc. Note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-327).
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| Summary, Etc. |
"As groundbreaking as Code Girls and Hidden Figures, this is the shocking true story of two segregated codebreaking units racing to unlock Stalin's atomic secrets in the face of a rapidly expanding Soviet nuclear threat at the dawn of the Cold War"-- Provided by publisher.
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| Subject-Personal Name |
Carr, Iris
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| Subject-Personal Name |
Eagleson, Helen, 1915-2007
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| Subject-Personal Name |
Just, Ethel, 1885-1959
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| Subject-Personal Name |
Kenny, Minnie
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| Subject-Personal Name |
McElwaine, Naomi
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| Subject-Personal Name |
Shumovsky, Stanislav, 1902-1984
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| Subject |
United States. National Security Agency
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Cold War http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88005637
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Cryptography United States History 20th century
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Atomic bomb Soviet Union History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009116156
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Discrimination in employment United States History 20th century
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
African American women cryptographers History 20th century
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Women cryptographers United States History 20th century
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
Arlington Hall Station (Va.)
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Biographies
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