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" The codebreakers : "
David Kahn.
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BL
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982731
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b737101
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| Main Entry
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Kahn, David,1930-
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| Title & Author
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The codebreakers : : the story of secret writing /\ David Kahn.
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| Edition Statement
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Revised edition.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Scribner,, [1996]
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xviii, 1181 pages :: illustrations ;; 25 cm
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| ISBN
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0684831309
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: 9780684831305
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| Notes
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"Revised and Updated"--Cover.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 985-987) and index.
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| Contents
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One day of magic -- The first 3,000 years -- The rise of the west -- On the origin of a species -- The era of the black chambers -- The contribution of the Dilettantes -- Crises of the union -- The professor, the soldier, and the man on devil's island -- Room 40 -- A war of intercepts: I -- A war of intercepts: II -- Two Americans -- Secrecy for sale -- Duel in the ether: the axis -- Duel in the ether: neutrals and allies -- Censors, scramblers, and spies -- The scrutable orientals -- Russkaya Kriptologiya -- N.S.A. -- The anatomy of cryptology -- Heterogeneous impulses -- Rumrunners, businessmen, and makers of non-secret codes -- Ciphers in the past tense -- The pathology of cryptology -- Ancestral voices -- Messages from outer space -- Cryptology goes public.
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| Abstract
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Kahn traces history of codes and ciphers from the dawn of civilization and details their influence on war, commerce, diplomacy, and espionage.
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Cryptography-- History.
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Ciphers.
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Cryptage.
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Cryptographie-- Histoire.
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Cryptography-- History.
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Cryptography.
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Histoire.
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Kryptologie
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Geheimschrift.
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| Dewey Classification
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652/.8
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| LC Classification
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Z103.K28 1996
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06.09bcl
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