ABSTRACT

This book recounts the desperate efforts to gather information during World War II and the Cold War. The author provides insight into the dark realm of intelligence and code that will fascinate cryptographers, intelligence personnel, and the millions of people interested in military history, espionage adventure, and world affairs. David Kahn is universally regarded as the dean of intelligence historians. Authoritative and addictively readable, this book, by revealing the past, helps guide present and future intelligence efforts.

chapter 2|8 pages

Did Roosevelt Know?

chapter 5|34 pages

Roosevelt, Magic, and Ultra

chapter 8|16 pages

The Rise of Intelligence

chapter 9|24 pages

INTELLIGENCE IN WORLD WAR II: A SURVEY

chapter 11|10 pages

An Enigma Chronology

chapter 12|18 pages

The Black Code

chapter 14|16 pages

Finland’s Codebreaking in World War II

chapter 15|24 pages

Soviet Comint in the Cold War

chapter 17|16 pages

An Historical Theory of Intelligence

chapter 18|12 pages

Clausewitz on Intelligence

chapter 19|2 pages

SURPRISE AND SECRECY: TWO THOUGHTS

chapter 20|2 pages

Intelligence Lessons in Macbeth

chapter 21|8 pages

How Garbles Tickled History

chapter 22|4 pages

The Cryptologic Origin of Braille

chapter 23|4 pages

The Only False Message I Know

chapter 24|10 pages

The Prehistory of the General Staff

chapter 25|16 pages

Charles J. Mendelsohn and Why I Envy Him

chapter 28|8 pages

The Old Master of Austrian Cryptology