Review: The Woman Who Smashed Codes: A True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine who Outwitted America's Enemies

The Woman Who Smashed Codes: A True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine who Outwitted America's Enemies by Jason Fagone
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I found this book rather enlightening. It was an fun change of pace. Usually, I only get the perspective of Alan Turing and that team. One of the revelations that surprised me (only a little really) was how fast the NSA took to declaring whatever they felt like as classified due to "national security." Not even three years into their existence and they are barging into citizens' home under the "national security" guise (some things never change). I cannot even imagine what it was like for the Friedmans to watch their life's work be taken away with the stroke of a pen especially after all they had done for the country.

For those who are looking for a quick read, this is definitely a quick read. The page count is slightly misleading. The last 100 pages of the book contain the author's notes/bibliography and an index. The novel part of the book is only 341 pages.

I think my next dive into codes will be the Navajo Code Talkers. In fact, I have Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir By One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII on my Kindle waiting to be read.

I read this book as part of the PopSugar Reading Challenge 2018 - A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift.

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