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The reader of gentlemen's mail : Herbert O. Yardley and the birth of American codebreaking / David Kahn.

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One of the most colourful 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 intelligen...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Kahn, David, 1930-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2004.
Subjects:
Yardley, Herbert O. > (Herbert Osborn), > 1889-1958.
Cryptographers > United States > Biography.
World War, 1914-1918 > Cryptography.
Cryptographers.
Cryptography.
United States.
Biographies.
Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • A Short Course in Codes and Ciphers
  • How Yardley Wrote His Best-Seller
  • All-American Boy
  • His Lifeâ€?s Work
  • A History of American Intelligence before Yardley
  • A Rival
  • Staffers, Shorthand, and Secret Ink
  • The Executive
  • Morning in New York
  • Yardleyâ€?s Triumph
  • The Fruits of His Victory
  • The Busy Suburbanite
  • End of a Dream
  • The Best-Seller
  • The Critics, the Effects
  • Grub Street
  • A Law Aimed at Yardley
  • Hollywood
  • China
  • Canada
  • A Restaurant of His Own
  • Playing Poker.
  • The Measure of a ManNotes
  • Bibliography
  • Illustration Credits
  • Index.

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