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Enigma Myth Deciphered - Marek Grajek

Enigma Myth Deciphered

Codebreakers, Commanders and Politicians

(Autor)

Buch | Hardcover
XII, 507 Seiten
2024
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-031-65474-9 (ISBN)
CHF 68,90 inkl. MwSt

This unique new volume analyses source documents both previously known and recently declassified, generating an extremely broad and original synthesis about Enigma.

The author uses his experience as a cryptologist to fill in gaps in the sources or to correct misguided interpretations, also adding the passion of a journalist, drawing a vivid picture of the characters and the story.  As a Pole, he presents this story through the lens of the fate of the Polish mathematicians who were the first to break the cipher as early as 1932 and laid the foundations for the subsequent Allied success.

The book's coverage ranges from the mathematical foundations of codebreaking, through the complex fates of the people and organisations involved in the attacks on the Enigma ciphers, the impact of decrypts on the fate of the major campaigns of the Second World War, to the role that wartime cryptology and codebreakers played in the birth of digital civilisation.  The Polish mathematicians' story is presented in the full context of the struggle with the cipher, including the complex interplay between codebreakers, military commanders and politicians of the UK, US, Poland, France, and the Third Reich.

By looking at events through the eyes of a cryptologist rather than solely as a historian, the reader is given a glimpse into the backstage of the cryptologic workshop; a better understanding of the scale and nature of the challenges codebreakers faced; and insights into their responses to those challenges, as well as the emotions, dilemmas, disappointments, and triumphs involved.

Dr. Marek Grajek holds an M.Sc. in computer science, a Ph.D. in economics and an M.A. in journalism. His research, authoring, and journalistic activities relate to the history of cryptology and the secret services. His related Polish-language book "Enigma: Blizej Prawdy" was the Polish History Book of the Year in 2008.

Introduction.- Dawn of the Machine Cryptography.- Mechanical Challenge.- Flying Start.- Codebreakers.- Breakthrough Time.- Race.- Transfusion of Hope.- First Game.- In the Darkness.- Concerto Without Audience.- Bombe.- Britannia Rules the Waves.- Sikorski's Tourists.- Relatives Come to the Fore.- Ocean Hunting.- Mediterranean Interlude.- The Americans Are Coming.- Black Hole.- Danger.- Intelligence Factory.- Postscriptum: Men, Machines, Ideas.- Index.- Bibliography.

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie History of Information Security
Zusatzinfo XII, 507 p. 50 illus., 37 illus. in color.
Verlagsort Cham
Sprache englisch
Maße 155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt Informatik Netzwerke Sicherheit / Firewall
Schlagworte Bombe • cryptography • Enigma • Henryk Zygalski • history of cryptography • History of Information Security • Information Security • Jerzy Rózycki • Jerzy Różycki • Marian Rejewski • Military Intelligence • Poland • Second World War • Secret services
ISBN-10 3-031-65474-9 / 3031654749
ISBN-13 978-3-031-65474-9 / 9783031654749
Zustand Neuware
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