|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1. |
Record Nr. |
UNINA9910452258403321 |
|
|
Autore |
Kahn David <1930-> |
|
|
Titolo |
The reader of gentlemen's mail [[electronic resource] ] : Herbert O. Yardley and the birth of American codebreaking / / David Kahn |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pubbl/distr/stampa |
|
|
New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2004 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ISBN |
|
1-281-72207-3 |
9786611722074 |
0-300-12988-2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Descrizione fisica |
|
1 online resource (357 p.) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Disciplina |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Soggetti |
|
Cryptographers - United States |
World War, 1914-1918 - Cryptography |
Electronic books. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lingua di pubblicazione |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
|
|
|
|
|
Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
|
|
|
|
|
Note generali |
|
Description based upon print version of record. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di bibliografia |
|
Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-304) and index. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di contenuto |
|
Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- A Short Course in Codes and Ciphers -- How Yardley Wrote His Best-Seller -- 1. All-American Boy -- 2. His Life's Work -- 3. A History of American Intelligence before Yardley -- 4. A Rival -- 5. Staffers, Shorthand, and Secret Ink -- 6. The Executive -- 7. Morning in New York -- 8. Yardley's Triumph -- 9. The Fruits of His Victory -- 10. The Busy Suburbanite -- 11. End of a Dream -- 12. The Best-Seller -- 13. The Critics, the Effects -- 14. Grub Street -- 15. A Law Aimed at Yardley -- 16. Hollywood -- 17. China -- 18. Canada -- 19. A Restaurant of His Own -- 20. Playing Poker -- 21. The Measure of a Man -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Illustration Credits -- Index |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sommario/riassunto |
|
One of the most colorful and controversial figures in American intelligence, Herbert O. Yardley (1889-1958) gave America its best form of information, but his fame rests more on his indiscretions than on his achievements. In this highly readable biography, a premier historian of military intelligence tells Yardley's story and evaluates his impact on the American intelligence community. Yardley established the nation's first codebreaking agency in 1917, and his solutions |
|
|
|
|