R. A. Ratcliff

Delusions of Intelligence

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Produktbeschreibung

Explores how the Allies achieved Signals Intelligence success in WWII, success which fostered the German blindness to Enigma's compromise.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 334
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. März 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 472g
• ISBN-13: 9780521736626
• ISBN-10: 0521736625
• Artikelnr.: 26034301

Autorenporträt

R. A. Ratcliff, who currently lives and consults in the hills above Silicon Valley, has taught history and rhetoric at the University of California at Berkeley and the University of San Francisco and has lectured at the National Security Agency's intelligence school. In addition to working in the high tech industry, Dr Ratcliff has written articles for Cryptologia, Intelligence and National Security, and the NSA's internal newsletter.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: the traitor in our midst
1. Enigma: the development and use of a new technology
2. Early triumph: German intelligence successes
3. Of no mutual assistance: compartmentalization and competition in German signals intelligence
4. The work of Station X: centralizing Allied cryptology at Bletchley Park
5. Protecting Boniface: Allied security, disguise, and dissemination of Ultra
6. The illusion of security: the German explanations for Allied successes
7. Determined answers: structural problems in German signal intelligence
8. A long-standing anxiety: Allied communications security
9. Enter the machines: the role of science and machines in the cryptologic war
Conclusion: ending the era of security.