Code breaking in the Pacific
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) a...
| Main Author: | Donovan, Peter, 1940- |
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| Other Authors: | Mack, John,, SpringerLink (Online service) |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cham :
Springer,
[2014]
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource. |
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Table of Contents:
- 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.