Codebreakers The Comprehensive History of Secret Communication from Ancient Times to the Internet

Name: Codebreakers The Comprehensive History of Secret Communication from Ancient Times to the Internet
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ISBN: 9780684831305

ISBN-10: 0684831309

ISBN-13: 9780684831305

Edition: 2nd 1996

Authors: David Kahn

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Beginning with the ancient Egyptians, David Kahn takes the reader through the history of cryptography to the present day. He discusses how codes and ciphers are broken and examines the role they play in war and peace.

Book details

List price: $80.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Scribner
Publication date: 12/5/1996
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 1200
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.25" long x 2.40" tall
Weight: 3.982



Preface to the Revised Edition


Preface A Few Words



One Day of Magic


The Pagent of Cryptology



The First 3,000 Years



The Rise of the West



On the Origin of a Species



The Era of the Black Chambers



The Contribution of the Dilettantes



Crises of the Union



The Professor, the Soldier, and the Man on Devil's Island



Room 40



A War of Intercepts: I



A War of Intercepts: II



Two Americans



Secrecy for Sale



Duel in the Ether: The Axis



Duel in the Ether: Neutrals and Allies



Censors, Scramblers, and Spies



The Scrutable Orientals



Russkaya Kriptologiya ("Russian Cryptology")



N.S.A.SIDESHOWS



The Anatomy of Cryptology



Heterogeneous Impulses



Rumrunners, Businessmen, and Makers of Non-secret Codes



Ciphers in the Past Tense



The Pathology of Cryptology


Paracryptology



Ancestral Voices



Messages from Outer Space


The New Cryptology



Cryptology Goes Public


Bibliography


Notes to Text


Acknowledgments


Notes to Illustrations


Index