Codebreakers by Kahn David (107 results)

Condition: Very Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Copy is intact and pages unmarked but discoloured. Some signs of wear to cover.

Original halfcloth with dustjacket, small repair on the top edge of the dustjacket, minor traces of use, else in good condition. Text in English. Please see description or ask for photos.

Unknown. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.01.

Hardcover. Condition: Sehr gut. NY, MacMillan (1968). gr.8°. Many figs. 24 plates. XVIII, 1164 p. OHCloth. with dust jacket. (dust jacket slightly browned, otherwise in very good condition).- The first comprehensive history of secret communication from ancient times to threshold of outer spaces. History of codes and ciphers - and how they have chandestinely controlled the lives of men.

Original halfcloth with dustjacket, slight traces of use, still in very good condition. Text in English. Please see description or ask for photos.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. The jacket is shelf rubbed with light creasing around the edges. The boards have little edge wear. The binding is secure. No ink inscriptions or annotations. Protected in cellophane. Thick and heavy book, extra postage required unless posted within South Africa. JHK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Condition: Good. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Big brick of a book. Binding is solid, text is clean.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Unmarked hardcover in unclipped jacket. Slight crease at dust jacket corner.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Piece(s) of the spine missing. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Significant damage due to wetness. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Binding is moderately loose. Some pages are falling out. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Used, very good. First printing of the 1973 mass market paperback edition. Cover a bit worn, sound binding, no marks or writing. **We are a small family business selling fine new and pre-owned books online since 1999, providing professional service and individual attention to your order, daily shipments and sturdy packing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Uneven pages. Red coloring on head of the book. Pages are clean. Book is tight. Jacket condition is very good. Book includes pictures.

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.65.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Edge wear. Clean, unmarked pages. xviii, 1181 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. Kahn traces history of codes and ciphers from the dawn of civilization and details their influence on war, commerce, diplomacy, and espionage. From the library of Captain Robert McCabe III, USN. McCabe was a professor at the Naval War College.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good.

Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Charles A. Scribners, New York. 1996. 1200 pgs. Illustrated with black and white photo plates. Revised Edition. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in 1/2 cloth boards with titles present to the spine. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid, boards clean with no wear present. The magnificent, unrivaled history of codes and ciphershow they're made, how they're broken, and the many and fascinating roles they've played since the dawn of civilization in war, business, diplomacy, and espionage. Man has created codes to keep secrets and has broken codes to learn those secrets since the time of the Pharaohs. For 4,000 years, fierce battles have been waged between codemakers and codebreakers, and the story of these battles is civilization's secret history, the hidden account of how wars were won and lost, diplomatic intrigues foiled, business secrets stolen, governments ruined, computers hacked. From the XYZ Affair to the Dreyfus Affair, from the Gallic War to the Persian Gulf, from Druidic runes and the kaballah to outer space, from the Zimmermann telegram to Enigma to the Manhattan Project, codebreaking has shaped the course of human events to an extent beyond any easy reckoning. Once a government monopoly, cryptology today touches everybody. It secures the Internet, keeps e-mail private, maintains the integrity of cash machine transactions, and scrambles TV signals on unpaid-for channels. David Kahn's The Codebreakers takes the measure of what codes and codebreaking have meant in human history in a single comprehensive account, astonishing in its scope and enthralling in its execution. Hailed upon first publication as a book likely to become the definitive work of its kind, The Codebreakers has more than lived up to that prediction: it remains unsurpassed. The Codebreakers is the skeleton key to a thousand thrilling true stories of intrigue, mystery, and adventure. It is a masterpiece of the historian's art. ; 6.125 X 2.4 X 9.25 inches; 1200 pages.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Revised Edition; Later Printing. A nice, solid copy. ; 6.125 X 2.4 X 9.25 inches; 1181 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Used.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. THE COMPREHENSIVE HISTORY OF SECRET COMMYUNICATION FROM ANCIENT TIMES TO THE INTERNET.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Small jacket tears else near fine.

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. The magnificent, unrivaled history of codes and ciphershow they're made, how they're broken, and the many and fascinating roles they've played since the dawn of civilization in war, business, diplomacy, and espionageupdated with a new chapter on computer cryptography and the Ultra secret.Man has created codes to keep secrets and has broken codes to learn those secrets since the time of the Pharaohs. For 4,000 years, fierce battles have been waged between codemakers and codebreakers, and the story of these battles is civilization's secret history, the hidden account of how wars were won and lost, diplomatic intrigues foiled, business secrets stolen, governments ruined, computers hacked. From the XYZ Affair to the Dreyfus Affair, from the Gallic War to the Persian Gulf, from Druidic runes and the kaballah to outer space, from the Zimmermann telegram to Enigma to the Manhattan Project, codebreaking has shaped the course of human events to an extent beyond any easy reckoning. Once a government monopoly, cryptology today touches everybody. It secures the Internet, keeps e-mail private, maintains the integrity of cash machine transactions, and scrambles TV signals on unpaid-for channels. David Kahn's The Codebreakers takes the measure of what codes and codebreaking have meant in human history in a single comprehensive account, astonishing in its scope and enthralling in its execution. Hailed upon first publication as a book likely to become the definitive work of its kind, The Codebreakers has more than lived up to that prediction: it remains unsurpassed. With a brilliant new chapter that makes use of previously classified documents to bring the book thoroughly up to date, and to explore the myriad ways computer codes and their hackers are changing all of our lives, The Codebreakers is the skeleton key to a thousand thrilling true stories of intrigue, mystery, and adventure. It is a masterpiece of the historian's art. Synopsis coming soon. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Hardback. Condition: New. The magnificent, unrivaled history of codes and ciphers-how they're made, how they're broken, and the many and fascinating roles they've played since the dawn of civilization in war, business, diplomacy, and espionage-updated with a new chapter on computer cryptography and the Ultra secret.Man has created codes to keep secrets and has broken codes to learn those secrets since the time of the Pharaohs. For 4,000 years, fierce battles have been waged between codemakers and codebreakers, and the story of these battles is civilization's secret history, the hidden account of how wars were won and lost, diplomatic intrigues foiled, business secrets stolen, governments ruined, computers hacked. From the XYZ Affair to the Dreyfus Affair, from the Gallic War to the Persian Gulf, from Druidic runes and the kaballah to outer space, from the Zimmermann telegram to Enigma to the Manhattan Project, codebreaking has shaped the course of human events to an extent beyond any easy reckoning. Once a government monopoly, cryptology today touches everybody. It secures the Internet, keeps e-mail private, maintains the integrity of cash machine transactions, and scrambles TV signals on unpaid-for channels. David Kahn's The Codebreakers takes the measure of what codes and codebreaking have meant in human history in a single comprehensive account, astonishing in its scope and enthralling in its execution. Hailed upon first publication as a book likely to become the definitive work of its kind, The Codebreakers has more than lived up to that prediction: it remains unsurpassed. With a brilliant new chapter that makes use of previously classified documents to bring the book thoroughly up to date, and to explore the myriad ways computer codes and their hackers are changing all of our lives, The Codebreakers is the skeleton key to a thousand thrilling true stories of intrigue, mystery, and adventure. It is a masterpiece of the historian's art.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. revised subsequent edition. 1181 pages. 10.00x7.00x2.25 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. former owner's name on front free end paper, otherwise a nice, clean, gently used copy, octavo, 1164 pages, stated first printing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Revised Edition. upper fore corners boards gently bumped, former owner's name otherwise a clean, sound copy, minimal usage, octavo, 1181 pages.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.