Some fine history tomes

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Most Secret War (Wordsworth Military Library)
1.  Most Secret War (Wordsworth Military Library) by R. V. Jones
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  "British scientific activity in WWII"
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Enigma: The Battle for the Code
2.  Enigma: The Battle for the Code by Hugh Sebag-Montefiore
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  "The Royal Navy angle on WWII code breaking"
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The Emperor's Codes: Bletchley Park's Role in Breaking Japan's Secret Ciphers
3.  The Emperor's Codes: Bletchley Park's Role in Breaking Japan's Secret Ciphers by Michael Smith
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  "The joint effort on WWII Japanese codes"
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Battle of Wits: The Complete Story of Codebreaking in World War II
4.  Battle of Wits: The Complete Story of Codebreaking in World War II by Stephen Budiansky
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  "The US angle on the WWII code breaking"
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Body Of Secrets: How America's NSA & Britain's GCHQ Eavesdrop On The World
5.  Body Of Secrets: How America's NSA & Britain's GCHQ Eavesdrop On The World by James Bamford
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  "What happened after Bletchley and Arlington Hall ..."
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The Discoverers
6.  The Discoverers by Daniel J Boorstin
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  "Well worth tracking down"
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The Making of the Atomic Bomb
7.  The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes
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  "Early 20th century nuclear physics history through to the end of WWII"
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Dark Sun (Sloan Technology Series)
8.  Dark Sun (Sloan Technology Series) by Richard Rhodes
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  "Post WWII and the Russian story"
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Failure is Not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond (Thorndike Paperback Bestsellers)
9.  Failure is Not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond (Thorndike Paperback Bestsellers) by Gene Kranz
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  "Mercury, Gemini and Apollo: the Mission Control story"
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A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts
10.  A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts by Andrew Chaikin
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  "Apollo: the astronauts' story"
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Countdown: A History of Space Flight
11.  Countdown: A History of Space Flight by T. A. Heppenheimer
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  "A comprehensive history of rocket development"
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Nerds 2.0.1: A Brief History of the Internet
12.  Nerds 2.0.1: A Brief History of the Internet by Stephen Segaller
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  "Birth of the arpanet, cisco and others"
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A History of Modern Computing (History of Computing)
13.  A History of Modern Computing (History of Computing) by Paul E Ceruzzi
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  "Computing from WWII to present"
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Guns, Germs and Steel: A short history of everybody for the last 13,000 years
14.  Guns, Germs and Steel: A short history of everybody for the last 13,000 years by Jared Diamond
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  "How and why several civilizations grew and collided"
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The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money and Power
15.  The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money and Power by Daniel Yergin
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  "Great history of the worlwide oil business"
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Fool's Gold: Story of North Sea Oil
16.  Fool's Gold: Story of North Sea Oil by Christopher Harvie
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  "History of the UK oil business"
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