Delusions of intelligence
Subtitle: Enigma, Ultra and the end of secure ciphers
By: R. A. Ratcliff.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 314
Subjects: Enigma cipher system; ULTRA (Intelligence system); World War, 1939-1945 -- Cryptography; World War, 1939-1945 -- Electronic intelligence -- Great Britain
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Enigma: the development and use of a new technology; title: Early triumph: German intelligence successes; title: Of no mutual assistance: compartmentalization and competition in German signals intelligence; title: The work of Station X: centralizing Allied cryptology; title: Bletchley park; title: Protecting Boniface: Allied security, disguise and dissemination of Ultra; title: The illusion of security: the German explanations for Allied successes; title: Determined answers: structural problems in German signal intelligence; title: A long-standing anxiety: Allied communications security; title: Enter the machines: the role of science and machines in the cryptologic war; title: Conclusion: ending the era of security.