The Codebreakers: The Comprehensive History of Secret Communication from Ancient Times to the Internet - Hardcover
by David Kahn
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Scribner Book CompanyISBN-13:9780684831305ISBN-10:684831309UPC:9780684831305Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:MilitarySize:9.44 x 6.60 x 2.33 inchesWeight:3.6222Product ID:SCF2BKKR80
The Codebreakers: The Comprehensive History of Secret Communication from Ancient Times to the Internet
The magnificent, unrivaled history of codes and ciphers--how they're made, how they're broken, and the many and fascinating roles they've played since the dawn of civilization in war, business, diplomacy, and espionage--updated with a new chapter on computer cryptography and the Ultra secret. Man has created codes to keep secrets and has broken codes to learn those secrets since the time of the...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Scribner Book CompanyISBN-13:9780684831305ISBN-10:684831309UPC:9780684831305Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:MilitarySize:9.44 x 6.60 x 2.33 inchesWeight:3.6222Product ID:SCF2BKKR80
David Kahn, a recently visiting historian at the National Security Agency, is the world's leading expert on the history of cryptology, and the author of Hitler's Spies, Seizing the Enigma, and Kahn on Codes, as well as articles in numerous popular and technical journals. He holds a Ph.D. in Modern History from Oxford. An editor at Newsday, he lives in Great Neck, New Y
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