The reader of gentlemen's mail : Herbert O. Yardley and the birth of American codebreaking /
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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
©2004.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Contents
- Preface
- A Short Course in Codes and Ciphers
- How Yardley Wrote His Best-Seller
- All-American Boy
- His Life�s Work
- A History of American Intelligence before Yardley
- A Rival
- Staffers, Shorthand, and Secret Ink
- The Executive
- Morning in New York
- Yardley�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