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John F. Dooley

Codes, Ciphers and Spies

Tales of Military Intelligence in World War I

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When the United States declared war on Germany in April 1917, it was woefully unprepared to wage a modern war. Whereas their European counterparts already had three years of experience in using code and cipher systems in the war, American cryptologists had to help in the building of a military intelligence unit from scratch. This book relates the personal experiences of one such character, providing a uniquely American perspective on the Great War. It is a story of spies, coded letters, plots to blow up ships and munitions plants, secret inks, arms smuggling, treason, and desperate battlefield messages. Yet it all begins with a college Englis… Mehr

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Produktdetails


  • ISBN: 978-3-319-29414-8
  • EAN: 9783319294148
  • Produktnummer: 19306302
  • Verlag: Springer International Publishing
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
  • Seitenangabe: 300 S.
  • Masse: H23.8 cm x B15.6 cm x D2.0 cm 472 g
  • Auflage: 1st ed. 2016
  • Abbildungen: Paperback
  • Gewicht: 472

Über den Autor


John F. Dooley is the William and Marilyn Ingersoll Professor of Computer Science at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois. Before returning to teaching in 2001, he spent more than 15 years in the software industry as a developer, designer, and manager working for companies such as Bell Telephone Laboratories, McDonnell Douglas, IBM, and Motorola. Since 2004 his main research interest has been in the history of American cryptology, particularly during the inter-war period. His previous publications include the Springer titles A Brief History of Cryptology and Cryptographic Algorithms and Software Development and Professional Practice.

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