0684831309 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.".
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.