WWII Era
Below is a list of NSA/CSS historical publications. PDF or text file versions are available for most of the monographs and brochures. Printed copies of publications marked with an asterisk (*) may be requested from the Center for Cryptologic History via our online form.
| Subject |
Title |
Author |
Date |
Available Format |
| African-Americans |
The Invisible Cryptologists: African-Americans, WWII-1956 |
Jeannette Williams with Yolande Dickerson |
2001 |
Monograph |
| Bombes |
The Secret of Adam and Eve |
Jennifer Wilcox |
2003 |
Brochure |
| Cipher Machines |
German Cipher Machines of World War II * |
David Mowry |
2014 |
Brochure |
| Code Talkers |
Origins of the Navajo Code Talkers |
Patrick Weadon |
2002 |
Brochure |
| COMINT |
A History of US Communications Intelligence during WWII: Policy and Administration * |
Robert Louis Benson |
1997 |
Monograph |
| Enigma |
The Cryptographic Mathematics of Enigma |
Dr. A. Ray Miller |
2019 |
Monograph |
| Enigma |
The First Americans: The 1941 US Codebreaking Mission to Bletchley Park |
David Sherman |
2016 |
Monograph |
| Enigma |
Solving the Enigma - History of the Cryptanalytic Bombe * |
Jennifer Wilcox |
2006 |
Brochure |
| German Intelligence |
Cryptologic Aspects of German Intelligence Activities in South America during World War II * |
David P. Mowry |
2011 |
Monograph |
| Holocaust |
Eavesdropping on Hell: Historical Guide to Western Communications Intelligence and the Holocaust 1939-1945 * |
Robert Hanyok |
2004 |
Monograph |
| Mathematics |
How Mathematicians Helped Win WWII |
John Clabby |
2005 |
Brochure |
| Midway |
The Battle of Midway: AF is Short of Water |
Patrick Weadon |
2000 |
Brochure |
| Pearl Harbor |
Pearl Harbor Revisited: United States Navy Communications Intelligence 1924-1941 * |
Frederick Parker |
2013 |
Monograph |
| Pearl Harbor |
West Wind Clear: Cryptology and the Winds Message Controversy - A Documentary History * |
Robert Hanyok and David Mowry |
2008 |
Monograph |
| Signals Intelligence |
American Signal Intelligence in Northwest Africa and Western Europe * |
George F. Howe |
2010 |
Monograph |
| SIGSALY |
A History of Secure Voice Coding: Insights Drawn from the Career of One of the Earliest Practitioners of the Art of Speech Coding |
Joseph P. Campbell Jr. and Richard A. Dean |
2001 |
Brochure |
| SIGSALY |
SIGSALY Story |
Patrick Weadon |
2000 |
Brochure |
| SIGSALY |
The Start of the Digital Revolution: SIGSALY - Secure Digital Voice Communications in WWII * |
J. V. Boone and R. R. Peterson |
2000 |
Brochure
Web/Text |
| War in the Pacific |
A Priceless Advantage: U.S. Navy Communications Intelligence and the Battles of Coral Sea Midway and the Aleutians * |
Frederick D. Parker |
2017 |
Monograph |
| Women |
Sharing the Burden: Women in Cryptology during WWII * |
Jennifer Wilcox |
2013 |
Brochure |