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Title
Codes, ciphers and spies : tales of military intelligence in World War I / by John F. Dooley.
ISBN
9783319294155 (electronic book)
3319294156 (electronic book)
9783319294148
3319294148
Published
New York, NY : Copernicus Books, an imprint of SpringerNature, [2016]
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xvii, 280 pages) : illustrations.
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1007/978-3-319-29415-5 doi
9783319294148
Call Number
D639.C75 D66 2016eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
940.48641
Summary
When the United States declared war on Germany in April 1917, it was woefully unprepared to wage a modern war. Whereas their European counterparts already had three years of experience in using code and cipher systems in the war, American cryptologists had to help in the building of a military intelligence unit from scratch. This book relates the personal experiences of one such character, providing a uniquely American perspective on the Great War. It is a story of spies, coded letters, plots to blow up ships and munitions plants, secret inks, arms smuggling, treason, and desperate battlefield messages. Yet it all begins with a college English professor and Chaucer scholar named John Mathews Manly. In 1927, John Manly wrote a series of articles on his service in the Code and Cipher Section (MI-8) of the U.S. Army's Military Intelligence Division (MID) during World War I. Published here for the first time, enhanced with references and annotations for additional context, these articles form the basis of an exciting exploration of American military intelligence and counter-espionage in 1917-1918. Illustrating the thoughts of prisoners of war, draftees, German spies, and ordinary Americans with secrets to hide, the messages deciphered by Manly provide a fascinating insight into the state of mind of a nation at war. John F. Dooley is the William and Marilyn Ingersoll Professor of Computer Science at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois. Before returning to teaching in 2001, he spent more than 15 years in the software industry as a developer, designer, and manager working for companies such as Bell Telephone Laboratories, McDonnell Douglas, IBM, and Motorola. Since 2004 his main research interest has been in the history of American cryptology, particularly during the inter-war period. His previous publications include the Springer titles A Brief History of Cryptology and Cryptographic Algorithms and Software Development and Professional Practice.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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An Introduction and a Few Words on Codes and Ciphers
PART I: The AEF
The Americans Embark: Getting to France 1917
1918
Introduction to Communications, Codes, and Ciphers in the AEF
The AEF and Colonel Moorman
Cryptology at the Front
The AEF: Breaking Codes and Ciphers
The AEF: German Codes and Ciphers
The AEF Fights: 1918
PART II: MI-8 and the Home Front
MI-8 and Civilian Messages
Civilian Correspondence: Foreign Letters and Hoaxes
Civilian Correspondence: Prisoners and Spies
Civilian Correspondence: Families and Love Letters
PART III: German Spies in America, 1914
1918
Spies Among Us: The New York Cell, 1914
1915
Spies Among Us: Baltimore, Germs, Black Tom, and Kingsland, 1916
1917
The Waberski Cipher: A Spy is Condemned
Madame Victorica Arrives in New York
Madame Victorica and German Agents in the U.S.
More German Spies
Madame Victorica and Invisible Inks
Madame Victorica
Captured!
Part IV: Epilogue
Epilogue.
