The reader of gentlemen's mail: Herbert O. Yardley and the birth of American codebreaking
Biography, War and military biography, Espionage
Human-narrated audio
Summary
Herbert Yardley had established America's first codebreaking agency in 1917. His unit was closed in 1929 by Henry Stimson, who intoned, "Gentlemen do not read each other's mail." Yardley then wrote a best-selling memoir, "The American Black Chamber", which detailed… the exploits of the State Department's Cipher Bureau, and disclosed codemaking and breaking to the public. Some descriptions of sex. 2004.
Title Details
ISBN
9780300098464
Publisher
Yale University Press
Copyright Date
2004
Book number
2429469
Audio details for CELA title
Narrator
Geoffrey Paterson
Duration
17 hours 52 minutes 1 seconds
Audio producer
CNIB, 2008.