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Code warriors : NSA's codebreakers and the secret intelligence war against the Soviet Union Cover Image Book

Code warriors : NSA's codebreakers and the secret intelligence war against the Soviet Union / Stephen Budiansky.

Budiansky, Stephen, (author.).

Summary:

"A sweeping history of the NSA and its codebreaking achievements from World War II through the Cold War shares insights into the challenges faced by cryptanalysts and their role in some of the most complicated events of the twentieth century,"--NoveList.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780385352666
  • ISBN: 0385352662
  • Physical Description: xxi, 389 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2016.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-372) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
The Russian problem -- Unbreakable codes -- Learning to lie -- Digital dawn -- Shooting wars -- "An old mule skinner" -- Brains versus bugs -- Days of crisis -- Reinventing the wheel -- Brute force and legerdemain.

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Subject:
United States. National Security Agency > History.
Cryptography > United States > History.
United States > Foreign relations > Soviet Union.
Soviet Union > Foreign relations > United States.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library.

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Jacksonville Main Library 327.73047 BUD (Text) 36015000672291 Adult Nonfiction Available -