Codebreaking and Signals Intelligence

Christopher Andrew (University of Cambridge, UK)

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Routledge
31 May 2021

Military intelligence

Series: Routledge Library Editions: International Security Studies

Despite publicity given to the successes of British and American codebreakers during the Second World War, the study of signals intelligence is still complicated by governmental secrecy over even the most elderly peacetime sigint. This book, first published in 1986, lifts the veil on some of these historical secrets. Christopher Andrew and Keith Neilson cast new light on how Tsarist codebreakers penetrated British code and cypher systems. John Chapman’s study of German military codebreaking represents a major advance in our understanding of cryptanalysis during the Weimar Republic. The history of the Government Code and Cypher School – forerunner of today’s GCHQ – by its operational head, the late A.G. Denniston, provides both a general assessment of the achievements of British cryptanalysis between the wars and a tantalising glimpse of what historians may one day find in GCHQ’s forbidden archives. The distinguished cryptanalyst of Bletchley Park, the late Gordon Welchman, describes in detail how the Ultra programme defeated the German Enigma machine, while another Bletchley Park cryptographer, Christopher Morris, reminds us in his account of the valuable work on hand cyphers that wartime sigint consisted of much more than Ultra. Roger Austin’s study of surveillance under the Vichy regime shows the continuing importance of older and simpler methods of message interception such as letter-opening. Taken together, the articles establish sigint as an essential field of study for both the modern historian and the political scientist.

Edited by: Christopher Andrew (University of Cambridge UK)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: 2
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 430g
ISBN: 9780367708757
ISBN 10: 0367708752
Series: Routledge Library Editions: International Security Studies
Pages: 148
Publication Date: 31 May 2021
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Undergraduate , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Codebreaking and Signals Intelligence Christopher Andrew 2. Tsarist Codebreakers and British Codes Christopher Andrew and Keith Neilson 3. No Final Solution: A Survey of the Cryptanalytical Capabilities of German Military Agencies, 1926-35 J.W.M. Chapman 4. The Government Code and Cypher School Between the Wars A.G. Denniston 5. From Polish Bomba to British Bombe: The Birth of Ultra Gordon Welchman 6. Ultra’s Poor Relations Christopher Morris 7. Surveillance and Intelligence Under the Vichy Regime: The Service du Contrôle Technique, 1939-45 Roger Austin

Christopher Andrew