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100 1 _aHitt, Parker,
_d1878-
245 1 0 _aManual for the Solution of Military Ciphers
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2015
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2015-05-04
508 _aProduced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
520 _a"Manual for the Solution of Military Ciphers" by Parker Hitt is a military reference manual written in the early 20th century. This guide serves as an instructional text on deciphering military ciphers and codes, particularly useful for military personnel engaged in intelligence and communications. The book likely examines historical contexts, principles, and practical applications of ciphering and deciphering techniques necessary for secure military operations. The beginning of the manual introduces the importance of using ciphers in military communications to maintain secrecy and protect strategic orders from enemy interception. It highlights historical instances where encrypted messages proved crucial in warfare. The text outlines the inherent fallibility of ciphers, noting that while no military cipher can be wholly indecipherable, there are methodologies that can delay adversaries. Additionally, early sections emphasize requirements for effective military ciphers, touching on the need for simplicity, security, and ease of operation, laying a solid foundation for the techniques and analysis discussed in subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aCryptography
653 _aCiphers
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48871
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