The Story of Codebreaking

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Arcturus Publishing, 30.11.2017

To break a code, you have to put yourself in the mind of your enemy in order to probe the strengths and weaknesses of their systems. It's a game of bluff and doublebluff. The Story of Codebreaking describes undercover operations, power struggles, secret alliances, and brilliant feats of teamwork. Those who invent codes and those who break them are remarkable, indefatigable characters.

Find out how Mary Queen of Scots smuggled cryptic messages to her accomplices when she was plotting against her cousin Elizabeth I, or discover the methods used by codebreakers during World Wars I and II, most significantly those who cracked Enigma and intercepted Japanese naval messages prior to Pearl Harbor. The sheer doggedness of those who unraveled the Enigma code is thought to have shortened World War II by almost two years.

Topics include:
• Ancient ciphers and the art of encoding
• Early spies, subterfuge and skytales
• The making and breaking of Enigma
• Japanese naval codes in World War II
• Cold War cryptography

 

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Inhalt

CODEMAKERS VERSUS CODEBREAKERS
ARABIC ANAGRAMMING
BREAKING THE UNBREAKABLE
ROOM 40
MAKING ENIGMA
BREAKING ENIGMA
BLETCHLEY PARK
RED AND PURPLE
THE JAPANESE NAVAL CODES
CRYPTOLOGY STRIKES BACK
COMPUTER CRYPTANALYSIS
THE END OF CODEBREAKING AS WE KNOW
The digital revolution Other means of attack
Urheberrecht

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The Story of Codebreaking
Nigel Cawthorne
Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2017

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Autoren-Profil (2017)

Al Cimino, aka Nigel Cawthorne, is the author of over 100 books including The History of the Mafia, House of Horrors, The World's Ten Most Evil Men, Pirates of the 21st Century, Australian True Crime, The World's Most Evil Gangsters, Lone Gunmen, Against Their Will, The Mafia Files, and The Disappeared.

Bibliografische Informationen

TitelThe Story of Codebreaking
The Story of
Autor/inAl Cimino
VerlagArcturus Publishing, 2017
ISBN1788880587, 9781788880589
  
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