How I discovered World War II's greatest spy : and other stories of intelligence and code /: and other stories of intelligence and code. (2014)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- How I discovered World War II's greatest spy : and other stories of intelligence and code /: and other stories of intelligence and code. (2014)
- Main Title:
- How I discovered World War II's greatest spy : and other stories of intelligence and code
- Other Titles:
- How I discovered World War two's greatest spy
- Further Information:
- Note: David Kahn ; foreword by Bruce Schneier.
- Other Names:
- Kahn, David, 1930-
- Contents:
- INTRODUCTION; ; How I Discovered World War II’s Greatest Spy; Who Was the Greatest Spy of World War II?; ; AMERICAN STORIES; ; Did Roosevelt Know?; ; Pearl Harbor and the Inadequacy of Cryptanalysis; Appendix: A Japanese Cryptosystem; The Woman Who Made the Key Discovery; ; How the United States Viewed Germany and Japan in 1941; ; Roosevelt, Magic, and Ultra; ; Edward Bell and His Zimmermann Telegram Memoranda; ; Cryptology and the Origins of Spread Spectrum; Secret Telephone in the Cabinet War Rooms; Defining Terms; The First Unbreakable Scrambler; Vocoder Speech Synthesizer Studied; Enter the X-System; Telephones Protected against Tapping; Training Conducted in Secret; For Churchill, a Cigar and Informality; General Strategy by Telephone; Summit Conferences Amid Informality; To Probe Further; ; CASES; ; Rise of Intelligence ; ; Intelligence in World War II: A Survey; ; Germany’s Intelligence Failure in World War II; ; An Enigma Chronology; ; The Black Code; ; Nothing Sacred: The Allied Solution of Vatican Codes in World War II; ; Finland’s Codebreaking in World War II; ; Soviet Comint in the Cold War; ; How the Allies Suppressed the Second Greatest Secret of World War II; Acknowledgments; ; Part IV A Theory, Clausewitz, and More; ; An Historical Theory of Intelligence; The Past; The Present; The Future; ; Clausewitz on Intelligence; ; Surprise and Secrecy: Two Thoughts; ; Intelligence Lessons in Macbeth; ; How Garbles Tricked History; ; The Cryptologic Origin of Braille; ;INTRODUCTION; ; How I Discovered World War II’s Greatest Spy; Who Was the Greatest Spy of World War II?; ; AMERICAN STORIES; ; Did Roosevelt Know?; ; Pearl Harbor and the Inadequacy of Cryptanalysis; Appendix: A Japanese Cryptosystem; The Woman Who Made the Key Discovery; ; How the United States Viewed Germany and Japan in 1941; ; Roosevelt, Magic, and Ultra; ; Edward Bell and His Zimmermann Telegram Memoranda; ; Cryptology and the Origins of Spread Spectrum; Secret Telephone in the Cabinet War Rooms; Defining Terms; The First Unbreakable Scrambler; Vocoder Speech Synthesizer Studied; Enter the X-System; Telephones Protected against Tapping; Training Conducted in Secret; For Churchill, a Cigar and Informality; General Strategy by Telephone; Summit Conferences Amid Informality; To Probe Further; ; CASES; ; Rise of Intelligence ; ; Intelligence in World War II: A Survey; ; Germany’s Intelligence Failure in World War II; ; An Enigma Chronology; ; The Black Code; ; Nothing Sacred: The Allied Solution of Vatican Codes in World War II; ; Finland’s Codebreaking in World War II; ; Soviet Comint in the Cold War; ; How the Allies Suppressed the Second Greatest Secret of World War II; Acknowledgments; ; Part IV A Theory, Clausewitz, and More; ; An Historical Theory of Intelligence; The Past; The Present; The Future; ; Clausewitz on Intelligence; ; Surprise and Secrecy: Two Thoughts; ; Intelligence Lessons in Macbeth; ; How Garbles Tricked History; ; The Cryptologic Origin of Braille; ; The Only False Message I Know; The Prehistory of the General Staff; ; PERSONALITIES; ; Charles J. Mendelsohn and why I Envy Him; Acknowledgment; ; The Man in the Iron Mask: Encore ET Enfin, Cryptologically; Chiffres Diplomatiques; ; Students Better than a Pro (Bazeries) and an Author (Candela); ; The Old Master of Austrian Cryptology; Book Review A COUNTERFACTUAL AND THE FUTURE; ; Enigma Uncracked: The Allies Fail to Break the German Cipher Machine; ; The Future of the Past: Questions in Cryptologic History; Acknowledgments … (more)
- Publisher Details:
- Place of publication not identified : Auerbach Publications
- Publication Date:
- 2014
- Extent:
- 1 online resource, illustrations
- Subjects:
- 940.54/85
World War, 1939-1945 -- Military intelligence
World War, 1939-1945 -- Electronic intelligence
World War, 1939-1945 -- Cryptography
COMPUTERS / Security / General
COMPUTERS / Security / Cryptography
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / International Security - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781466562042
1466562048 - Access Rights:
- Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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- Physical Locations:
- British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.143520
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