Table of Contents
1 Reporting for Duty 1
2 1938-39: The School of Codes 9
3 1939: Rounding Up the Brightest and the Best 21
4 The House and the Surrounding Country 30
5 1939: How Do Your Break the Unbreakable? 37
6 1939-40: The Enigma Initiation 49
7 Freezing Billets and Outdoor Loos 59
8 1940: The First Glimmers of Light 70
9 1940: Inspiration-and Intensity 79
10 1940: The Coming of the Bombes 93
11 1940: Enigma and the Blitz 107
12 Bletchley and the Class Question 121
13 1941: The Battle of the Atlantic 130
14 Food, Booze, and Too Much Tea 140
15 1941: The Wrens and Their Larks 148
16 1941: Bletchley and Churchill 156
17 Military or Civilian? 164
18 1942: Grave Setbacks and Internal Strife 174
19 The Rules of Attraction 194
20 1943: A Very Special Relationship 202
21 1943: The Hazards of Careless Talk 216
22 Bletchley and the Russians 229
23 The Cultural Life of Bletchley Park 245
24 1943-44: The Rise of the Colossus 256
25 1944-45: D-Day and the End of the War 272
26 1945 and After: The Immediate Aftermath 285
27 Bletchley's Intellectual Legacy 300
28 After Bletchley: The Silence Descends 308
29 The Rescue of the Park 315
Notes 323
Acknowledgments 331
Index 333