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The Enigmatic Sailor (Paperback, Illustrated Ed)
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The Enigmatic Sailor (Paperback, Illustrated Ed)
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The part played by code-cracking in World War II has been revealed
in popular film and has also inspired several accounts by
code-crackers. Much less well-known is how code-cracking was used
in operational situations. In this account the "Silent Service"
speaks through the voice of a young and inexperienced naval officer
whose rites of passage to manhood required him to act as a seagoing
eavesdropper, a role calling not only for quick intelligence but
also for facing up to excitement and danger. Sir Alan Peacock's
story is interlaced with graphic accounts of life on the lower
deck, being torpedoed in a Channel action, and how to contribute to
intelligence information that was required to foil enemy attacks on
Russian convoys whilst facing atrocious weather conditions. The
influence this intense experience exerted on Peacock's subsequent
career in economics is also discussed.
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