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Codes, Ciphers and Spies

Name: Codes, Ciphers and Spies
Brand: Springer
SKU: 9783319294148
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Tales of Military Intelligence in World War I

Autor: John F. Dooley

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Oprawa: Miękka

Wydawca: Springer

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When the United States declared war on Germany in April 1917, it was woefully unprepared to wage a m...

Informacje o książce

Autor

John F. Dooley

Język

Angielski

Oprawa

Książka - Miękka

Data wydania

2016

strony

280

EAN

9783319294148

ISBN

3319294148

Enbook ID

02893162

Wydawca

Springer

Waga

474

Wymiary

240 x 158 x 19

Pełny opis

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 English professor and Chaucer scholar named John Mathews Manly.§§In 1927, John Manly wrote a series of articles on his service in the Code and Cipher Section (MI-8) of the U.S. Army's Military Intelligence Division (MID) during World War I. Published here for the first time, enhanced with references and annotations for additional context, these articles form the basis of an exciting exploration of American military intelligence and counter-espionage in 1917-1918. Illustrating the thoughts of prisoners of war, draftees, German spies, and ordinary Americans with secrets to hide, the messages deciphered by Manly provide a fascinating insight into the state of mind of a nation at war.§§