ULTRA/Bibliography

Books

Jozef Garlinski, "Intercept: Secrets of The Enigma War", J. M. Dent, London, 1979 - Describes the inital Polish work on the Enigma, but mostly covers later developments
David Kahn, "Seizing the Enigma: The Race to Break the German U-Boat Codes, 1939-1943", Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1991 - Covers the work on the German naval Enigma
Wladyslaw Kozaczuk, Jerzy Straszak "Enigma: How the Poles Broke the Nazi Code", Hippocrene, New York, 2004 - Detailed description of the Polish personnel's contributions
Hugh Sebag-Montefiore, "Enigma: The Battle for the Code", Hoboken, John Wiley and Sons, 2001 - Covers the work on the German naval Enigma

Peter Calvocoressi, "Top Secret Ultra", Pantheon, New York, 1980 - Memoir of a particpant, it covers breaking as well as exploitation
Ralph Erskine, Michael Smith, (editors) "Action This Day: Bletchley Park From the Breaking of the Enigma Code to the Birth of the Modern Computer", Bantam, London, 2001 - Survey of the main different cryptanalytic activities at Bletchley, along with some material on exploitation
F. H. Hinsley, Alan Stripp, (editors) "Codebreakers: The Inside Story of Bletchley Park", Oxford University, Oxford, 1993 - Participants cover all aspects of cryptanalysis at Bletchley in some detail, along with general material about Bletchley
Thomas Parrish, "The Ultra Americans: The U.S. Role in Breaking the Nazi Codes", Stein and Day, New York, 1986 - Covers the US personnel stationed at Blethley later in the war
Michael Smith, "Station X: Decoding Nazi Secrets", TV Books, New York, 1999 - High-level survey of the work done at Bletchley, along with its place in the war
Gordon Welchman, "The Hut Six Story", McGraw-Hill, New York, Allen Lane, London, 1982 - Famous personal memoir by someone who played a major role, along with technical details
Irene Young, "Enigma Variations: Love, War, and Bletchley Park", Mainstream, Edinburgh, 1990 - Covers everyday life at Bletchley in passing

Stephen Budiansky, "Battle of Wits: The Complete Story of Codebreaking in World War II", Free Press, New York, 2000 - Excellent work with a lot of technical detail
Hervie Haufler, "Codebreaker's Victory: How the Allied Cryptographers Won World War II", New American Library, East Rutherford, 2003 - Covers mostly the use of codebreaking product
Bradley F. Smith, "The Ultra-Magic Deals And the Most Secret Special Relationship, 1940 - 1946", Novato, Presidio, 1993 - Covers the US-UK collaboration on code-breaking

Patrick Beesly, "Very Special Intelligence: The Story of the Admiralty's Operational Intelligence Centre 1939-1945", Hamish Hamilton, London, 1977 - Covers naval intelligence synthesis which used Ultra material
Bruce Lee, "Marching Orders: The Untold Story Of World War II", Crown, New York, 1995 - Covers mostly the use of codebreaking product
Ronald Lewin, "Ultra Goes to War", Hutchinson, London, 1978, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1978 - Covers the Allied use of Ultra material
Bruce Lee, "Marching Orders: The Untold Story Of World War II", Crown, New York, 1995 - Covers the Allied use of Ultra material
Ewen Montagu, "Beyond Top Secret Ultra", Coward, McCann and Geoghegan, New York, 1978 - Covers counter-espionage work which used Ultra material
F.W. Winterbotham, "The Ultra Secret", Harper & Row, New York, 1974 - The first book in English to reveal the secret, it contains mainly information on how Ultra was used by the Allies