The Reader of Gentlemen's Mail
Herbert O. Yardley and the Birth of American Codebreaking
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2004
Yale University Press (Verlag)
978-0-300-09846-4 (ISBN)
Yale University Press (Verlag)
978-0-300-09846-4 (ISBN)
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Yardley established the first US code breaking agency in 1917 and was especially busy during the 1921 disarmament conference, when his work enabled the Americans to gain a diplomatic victory. In 1929 his unit was closed on the grounds that it was unsporting to read what enemies obviously wished to keep secret.
One of the most colourful and controversial figures in American intelligence, Herbert O. Yardley (1889-1958) gave America its best form of information, but his fame rests more on his indiscretions than on his achievements. In this highly readable biography, a premier historian of military intelligence tells Yardley's story and evaluates his impact on the American intelligence community. Yardley established the nation's first codebreaking agency in 1917, and his solutions helped the United States win a major diplomatic victory at the 1921 disarmament conference. But when his unit was closed in 1929 because "gentlemen do not read each other's mail", Yardley wrote a best-selling memoir that introduced - and disclosed - codemaking and codebreaking to the public. David Kahn describes the vicissitudes of Yardley's career, including his work in China and Canada, offers a capsule history of American intelligence up to World War I, and gives a short course in classical codes and ciphers. He debunks the accusations that the publication of Yardley's book caused Japan to change its codes and ciphers and that Yardley traitorously sold his solutions to Japan.
One of the most colourful and controversial figures in American intelligence, Herbert O. Yardley (1889-1958) gave America its best form of information, but his fame rests more on his indiscretions than on his achievements. In this highly readable biography, a premier historian of military intelligence tells Yardley's story and evaluates his impact on the American intelligence community. Yardley established the nation's first codebreaking agency in 1917, and his solutions helped the United States win a major diplomatic victory at the 1921 disarmament conference. But when his unit was closed in 1929 because "gentlemen do not read each other's mail", Yardley wrote a best-selling memoir that introduced - and disclosed - codemaking and codebreaking to the public. David Kahn describes the vicissitudes of Yardley's career, including his work in China and Canada, offers a capsule history of American intelligence up to World War I, and gives a short course in classical codes and ciphers. He debunks the accusations that the publication of Yardley's book caused Japan to change its codes and ciphers and that Yardley traitorously sold his solutions to Japan.
David Kahn is author of the best-selling The Codebreakers: The Story of Secret Writing, Hitler's Spies: German Military Intelligence in World War II, Seizing the Enigma: The Race to Beat the German U-Boat Codes, and Kahn on Codes: Secrets of the New Cryptology.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 23.3.2004 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 80 b&w illustrations |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 168 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 686 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945 | |
| Informatik ► Theorie / Studium ► Kryptologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-300-09846-4 / 0300098464 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-300-09846-4 / 9780300098464 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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