{"product_id":"code-warriors-nsas-codebreakers-and-the-secret-intelligence-war-against-the-soviet-union-paperback","title":"Code Warriors: Nsa's Codebreakers and the Secret Intelligence War Against the Soviet Union - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStephen Budiansky\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA sweeping, in-depth history of NSA, whose famous \"cult of silence\" has left the agency shrouded in mystery for decades \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The National Security Agency was born out of the legendary codebreaking programs of World War II that cracked the famed Enigma machine and other German and Japanese codes, thereby turning the tide of Allied victory. In the postwar years, as the United States developed a new enemy in the Soviet Union, our intelligence community found itself targeting not soldiers on the battlefield, but suspected spies, foreign leaders, and even American citizens. Throughout the second half of the twentieth century, NSA played a vital, often fraught and controversial role in the major events of the Cold War, from the Korean War to the Cuban Missile Crisis to Vietnam and beyond. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eCode Warriors, \u003c\/i\u003e Stephen Budiansky--a longtime expert in cryptology--tells the fascinating story of how NSA came to be, from its roots in World War II through the fall of the Berlin Wall. Along the way, he guides us through the fascinating challenges faced by cryptanalysts, and how they broke some of the most complicated codes of the twentieth century. With access to new documents, Budiansky shows where the agency succeeded and failed during the Cold War, but his account also offers crucial perspective for assessing NSA today in the wake of the Edward Snowden revelations. Budiansky shows how NSA's obsession with recording every bit of data and decoding every signal is far from a new development; throughout its history the depth and breadth of the agency's reach has resulted in both remarkable successes and destructive failures. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFeaturing a series of appendixes that explain the technical details of Soviet codes and how they were broken, this is a rich and riveting history of the underbelly of the Cold War, and an essential and timely read for all who seek to understand the origins of the modern NSA.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSTEPHEN BUDIANSKY\u003c\/b\u003e was the national security correspondent and foreign editor of \u003ci\u003eU.S. News \u0026amp; World Report, \u003c\/i\u003e Washington editor of \u003ci\u003eNature, \u003c\/i\u003e and editor of \u003ci\u003eWorld War II\u003c\/i\u003e magazine. He is the author of six books of military and intelligence history, including \u003ci\u003eBlackett's War, \u003c\/i\u003e a\u003ci\u003e Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book. He has served as a Congressional Fellow, he frequently lectures on intelligence and military history, and his articles have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Economist, \u003c\/i\u003e and other publications. He is a member of the editorial board of \u003ci\u003eCryptologia, \u003c\/i\u003e the leading academic journal of codes, codebreaking, and cryptologic history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 22, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51752543682848,"sku":"9780804170970","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/7ba5468c481b8784b310fd64ab246d94.webp?v=1779998491","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/code-warriors-nsas-codebreakers-and-the-secret-intelligence-war-against-the-soviet-union-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}