Codes, Ciphers and Spies, 1st ed. 2016 Tales of Military Intelligence in World War I
Auteur : Dooley John F.
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.
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 LettersPART 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
Provides a timely addition to scholarship in the area, at the approach of the 100th anniversary of American participation in WWI
Presents many interesting stories on the work of MI-8 on the home front, on the AEF in France, and on the cryptographic work of G2.A6
Describes a fascinating set of characters and tales from the history of German spies and sabotage in the US during the war
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Date de parution : 04-2016
Ouvrage de 280 p.
15.5x23.5 cm
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