| Selections from Cryptologia: History, People, and Technology Contributor(s): Deavours, Cipher A. (Editor), Mellen, Greg (Editor), Kahn, David A. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0890068623 ISBN-13: 9780890068625 Publisher: Artech House Publishers OUR PRICE: $131.10 Product Type: Hardcover Published: February 1998 Annotation: Here is the third collection of the very best, most compelling articles and professional papers from "Cryptologia", the definitive journal on the history and technology of cryptology. Compiled by five distinguished experts in the field, this book offers personal accounts of crypto personalities, scholarly papers on the origins of cryptology, the inadequacy of cryptoanalysis, and more. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Computers | Security - General - History | Military - General - History | Asia - Japan |
| Dewey: 952.8 |
| LCCN: 97050519 |
| Series: Artech House Telecommunications Library |
| Physical Information: 1.35" H x 7.39" W x 10.39" (2.44 lbs) 552 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Japanese |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is a collection of articles and professional papers from Cryptologia, a journal which focuses on the history and technology of cryptology. The volume offers personal accounts of crypto personalities, scholarly papers on the origins of cryptology, the inadequacy of cryptanalysis, and much more. Articles from Historica include: the unsolved messages of Pearl Harbor; Roosevelt, MAGIC and ULTRA; and diplomatic cryptanalysis in World War II. Articles from Technologia include: Viet Cong SIGINT and US army COMSEC in Vietnam; a World War II German radio army field cipher and how it was broken; and information on the history of the Siemens and Halske T52 cipher machines. |