 | How I Discovered World War II's Greatest Spy and Other Stories of Intelligence and Code Subjects: Computer Science; Mathematics & Statistics; Politics & International Relations; Legal Ethical & Social Aspects of IT; Advanced Mathematics; Military & Strategic Studies; IT Security; Homeland Security; Mathematical Logic; Spies, secret messages, and military intelligence have fascinated readers for centuries but never more than today, when terrorists threaten America and society depends so heavily on communications. Much of what was known about communications intelligence came first from David Kahn's pathbreaking book, The Codebreakers. Kahn, considered the dean of David Kahn is universally regarded as the dean of intelligence historians. He is the author of Seizing the Enigma: The Race to Break the German U-Boats Codes, 1939-1943. His pathbreaking book The Codebreakers, the classic history of codemaking and codebreaking remains in stalwart print 45 years after its publication (portions have been updated). He is also the co-founder of the Taylor & Francis journal, Cryptologia, which continues to attract new subscribers. |
