Codes, Ciphers and Spies

John F. Dooley is the William and Marilyn Ingersoll Professor of Computer Science at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois. Before returning to teaching in 2001, he spent more than 15 years in the software industry as a developer, designer, and manager working for companies such as Bell Telephone Laboratories, McDonnell Douglas, IBM, and Motorola. Since 2004 his main research interest has been in the history of American cryptology, particularly during the inter-war period. His previous publications include the Springer titles A Brief History of Cryptology and Cryptographic Algorithms and Software Development and Professional Practice.

• An Introduction and a Few Words on Codes and Ciphers.- PART I: The AEF.- The Americans Embark: Getting to France 1917 – 1918.- Introduction to Communications, Codes, and Ciphers in the AEF.- The AEF and Colonel Moorman.- Cryptology at the Front.- The AEF: Breaking Codes and Ciphers.- The AEF: German Codes and Ciphers.- The AEF Fights: 1918.- PART II: MI-8 and the Home Front.- MI-8 and Civilian Messages.- Civilian Correspondence: Foreign Letters and Hoaxes.- Civilian Correspondence: Prisoners and Spies.- Civilian Correspondence: Families and Love Letters.- PART III: German Spies in America, 1914 – 1918.- Spies Among Us: The New York Cell, 1914 – 1915.- Spies Among Us: Baltimore, Germs, Black Tom, and Kingsland, 1916 – 1917.- The Waberski Cipher: A Spy is Condemned.- Madame Victorica Arrives in New York.- Madame Victorica and German Agents in the U.S..- More GermanSpies.- Madame Victorica and Invisible Inks.- Madame Victorica – Captured!.- Part IV: Epilogue.- Epilogue.

"There is significant explanation of how codes and ciphers were constructed and solved, how the use of mathematics regulated code breaking, and the process of producing and distributing thousands of code books during the war. This volume will be of great interest to faculty and students in this specialized subject area. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through researchers and faculty." (D. K. Blewett, Choice, Vol. 54 (3), November, 2016)