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Enigma myth decipheredcodebreakers, commanders and politicians /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Enigma myth decipheredby Marek Grajek.
Reminder of title:	codebreakers, commanders and politicians /
Author:	Grajek, Marek.
Published:	Cham :Springer Nature Switzerland :2025.
Description:	xii, 507 p. :ill. (some col.), digital ;24 cm.
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
Subject:	Enigma cipher system.
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-65475-6
ISBN:	9783031654756$q(electronic bk.)

Enigma myth decipheredcodebreakers, commanders and politicians /
Grajek, Marek.

Enigma myth decipheredcodebreakers, commanders and politicians /[electronic resource] :by Marek Grajek. - Cham :Springer Nature Switzerland :2025. - xii, 507 p. :ill. (some col.), digital ;24 cm. - History of information security,2662-7566. - History of information security..

Introduction -- Dawn of the Machine Cryptography -- Mechanical Challenge -- Flying Start -- Codebreakers -- Breakthrough Time -- Race -- Transfusion of Hope -- First Game -- In the Darkness -- Concerto Without Audience -- Bombe -- Britannia Rules the Waves -- Sikorski's Tourists -- Relatives Come to the Fore -- Ocean Hunting -- Mediterranean Interlude -- The Americans Are Coming -- Black Hole -- Danger -- Intelligence Factory -- Postscriptum: Men, Machines, Ideas -- Index -- Bibliography.

This unique new volume analyses source documents both previously known and recently declassified, generating an extremely broad and original synthesis about Enigma. The author uses his experience as a cryptologist to fill in gaps in the sources or to correct misguided interpretations, also adding the passion of a journalist, drawing a vivid picture of the characters and the story. As a Pole, he presents this story through the lens of the fate of the Polish mathematicians who were the first to break the cipher as early as 1932 and laid the foundations for the subsequent Allied success. The book's coverage ranges from the mathematical foundations of codebreaking, through the complex fates of the people and organisations involved in the attacks on the Enigma ciphers, the impact of decrypts on the fate of the major campaigns of the Second World War, to the role that wartime cryptology and codebreakers played in the birth of digital civilisation. The Polish mathematicians' story is presented in the full context of the struggle with the cipher, including the complex interplay between codebreakers, military commanders and politicians of the UK, US, Poland, France, and the Third Reich. By looking at events through the eyes of a cryptologist rather than solely as a historian, the reader is given a glimpse into the backstage of the cryptologic workshop; a better understanding of the scale and nature of the challenges codebreakers faced; and insights into their responses to those challenges, as well as the emotions, dilemmas, disappointments, and triumphs involved. Dr. Marek Grajek holds an M.Sc. in computer science, a Ph.D. in economics, and an M.A. in journalism. His research, authoring, and journalistic activities relate to the history of cryptology and the secret services. His related Polish-language book, Enigma: Bliżej Prawdy, was the Polish History Book of the Year in 2008.

ISBN: 9783031654756$q(electronic bk.)

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-031-65475-6doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

667081
Enigma cipher system.

LC Class. No.: D810.C88

Dewey Class. No.: 940.548743

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