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The codebreakers : the story of secret writing / David Kahn.
1996
D 101 KAH.C
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Title
The codebreakers : the story of secret writing / David Kahn.
Edition
revised.
Description
xviii, 1181 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
ISBN
0684831309
9780684831305 alk. paper
1439103550 electronic book
9781439103555 electronic book
9780025604605
9780684831305 alk. paper
1439103550 electronic book
9781439103555 electronic book
9780025604605
Alternate Call Number
D 101 KAH.C
Summary
Kahn traces history of codes and ciphers from the dawn of civilization and details their influence on war, commerce, diplomacy, and espionage.
Note
"Revised and Updated"--Cover.
Titre de jaquette : "The code-breakers". La jaquette porte en plus : "The comprehensive history of secret communication from ancient times to the Internet.".
Cover sub-title:The comprehensive history of secret communication from ancient times to the internet.
Originally published: New York: Macmillan, 1967; London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1968.
Complemento del tit. della cop.: The comprehensive history of secret communication from ancient times to the Internet.
Jacket has subtitle: The codebreakers : the comprehensive history of secret communication from ancient times to the Internet.
Revised and updated edition. First US edition published: New York, Macmillan 1967.
Revised and updated from 1967.
På omslaget: The comprehensive history of secret communications from ancient times to the Internet.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 969-971) and index.
Subtít. de la cub.: "The comprehensive history of secret communication from ancient times to the internet.".
Titre de jaquette : "The code-breakers". La jaquette porte en plus : "The comprehensive history of secret communication from ancient times to the Internet.".
Cover sub-title:The comprehensive history of secret communication from ancient times to the internet.
Originally published: New York: Macmillan, 1967; London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1968.
Complemento del tit. della cop.: The comprehensive history of secret communication from ancient times to the Internet.
Jacket has subtitle: The codebreakers : the comprehensive history of secret communication from ancient times to the Internet.
Revised and updated edition. First US edition published: New York, Macmillan 1967.
Revised and updated from 1967.
På omslaget: The comprehensive history of secret communications from ancient times to the Internet.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 969-971) and index.
Subtít. de la cub.: "The comprehensive history of secret communication from ancient times to the internet.".
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 985-987) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
One day of magic
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
N.S.A.
The anatomy of cryptology
Heterogeneous impulses
Rumrunners, businessmen, and makers of non-secret codes
Ciphers in the past tense
The pathology of cryptology
Ancestral voices
Messages from outer space
Cryptology goes public.
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
N.S.A.
The anatomy of cryptology
Heterogeneous impulses
Rumrunners, businessmen, and makers of non-secret codes
Ciphers in the past tense
The pathology of cryptology
Ancestral voices
Messages from outer space
Cryptology goes public.
Series
Published
New York : Scribner, [1996]
Language
English
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