TheCodeBreakers
Contents
A Note on the Abridged Version
Preface
A Few Words
1. One Day of Magic: I
2. One Day of Magic: II
3. The First 3,000 Years
4. The Rise of the West
5. On the Origin of a Species
6. The Era of the Black Chambers
7. The Contribution of the Dilettantes
8. Room 40
9. A War of Intercepts
10. Two Americans
11. Secrecy for Sale
12. Duel in the Ether: I
13. Duel in the Ether: II
14. Censors, Scramblers, and Spies
15. The Scrutable Orientals
16. PYCCKAJI Kranrojioras
17. N.S.A.
18. Heterogeneous Impulses
19. Ciphers in the Past Tense
20. The Anatomy of Cryptology
Suggestions for Further Reading
Index
A Note on the Abridged Version
MANY PEOPLE have urged me to put out a paperback edition of The Codebreakers. Here it is.
It comprises about a third of the original. This was as big as the publishers and I could make it and still
keep the price within reason.