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Title
Code breaking in the Pacific / Peter Donovan, John Mack.
ISBN
9783319082783 (electronic book)
3319082787 (electronic book)
9783319082776
Published
Cham : Springer, [2014]
Copyright
©2014
Language
English
Description
1 online resource.
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-319-08278-3 doi
Call Number
D810.C88
Dewey Decimal Classification
940.548641
Summary
This book reveals the historical context and the evolution of the technically complex Allied Signals Intelligence (Sigint) activity against Japan from 1920 to 1945. It traces the all-important genesis and development of the cryptanalytic techniques used to break the main Japanese Navy code (JN-25) and the Japanese Army's Water Transport Code during WWII. This is the first book to describe, explain and analyze the code breaking techniques developed and used to provide this intelligence, thus closing the sole remaining gap in the published accounts of the Pacific War. The authors also explore the organization of cryptographic teams and issues of security, censorship, and leaks. Correcting gaps in previous research, this book illustrates how Sigint remained crucial to Allied planning throughout the war. It helped direct the advance to the Philippines from New Guinea, the sea battles and the submarine onslaught on merchant shipping. Written by well-known authorities on the history of cryptography and mathematics, Code Breaking in the Pacific is designed for cryptologists, mathematicians and researchers working in communications security. Advanced-level students interested in cryptology, the history of the Pacific War, mathematics or the history of computing will also find this book a valuable resource.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description
Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed Aug. 19, 2014).
Available in Other Form
Print version: 9783319082776
Communications and Sigint
Japanese Expansion 1895-1941
The GCCS 1919-1941
William Friedman and the US Army
Early American Naval Sigint
Developments in Australia
Preparedness for Attack?- Major Technical Encryption Systems
JN-25 and its Cryptanalysis
Using Common Book Groups
Recovery of a Code Book
Breaking Additive Systems
Making Additive Systems Secure
Redundant Encryption
The Scanning Distribution
Ciphers and the Submarines
Central Bureau 1942-1945
Organisation and Reorganisation
Security, Censorship and Leaks
Conclusion
From Pearl Harbor to Midway
Guadalcanal and Papua
Rabaul and the Philippines.
