How I Discovered World War II's Greatest Spy and Other Stories of Intelligence and CodeCRC Press, 17.01.2014 - 489 Seiten This book recounts the desperate efforts to gather information during World War II and the Cold War. The author provides insight into the dark realm of intelligence and code that will fascinate cryptographers, intelligence personnel, and the millions of people interested in military history, espionage adventure, and world affairs. David Kahn is universally regarded as the dean of intelligence historians. Authoritative and addictively readable, this book, by revealing the past, helps guide present and future intelligence efforts. |
Inhalt
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Did Roosevelt Know? | 19 |
Pearl Harbor and the Inadequacy of Cryptanalysis | 27 |
How the United States Viewed Germany and Japan in 1941 | 51 |
Roosevelt Magic and Ultra | 79 |
Edward Bell and His Zimmermann Telegram Memoranda | 113 |
Cryptology and the Origins of Spread Spectrum | 135 |
The Rise of Intelligence | 167 |
An Historical Theory of Intelligence | 333 |
Clausewitz on Intelligence | 349 |
Surprise and Secrecy Two Thoughts | 361 |
Intelligence Lessons in Macbeth | 363 |
How Garbles Tickled History | 365 |
The Cryptologic Origin of Braille | 373 |
The Only False Message I Know | 377 |
The Prehistory of the General Staff | 381 |
Intelligence in World War II A Survey | 183 |
Why Germanys Intelligence Failed in World War II | 207 |
An Enigma Chronology | 239 |
The Black Code | 249 |
Nothing Sacred The Allied Solution of Vatican Codes in World War II | 267 |
Finlands Codebreaking in World War II | 273 |
Soviet Comint in the Cold War | 289 |
How the Allies Suppressed the Second Greatest Secret of World War II | 313 |
Charles J Mendelsohn and Why I Envy Him | 391 |
The Man in the Iron Mask Encore et Enfin Cryptologically | 407 |
Students Better than a Pro Bazeries and an Author Candela | 413 |
The Old Master of Austrian Cryptology | 415 |
Enigma Uncracked The Allies Fail to Break the German Cipher Machine | 423 |
The Future of the Past Questions in Cryptologic History | 433 |
Back Cover | 441 |
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