Covert and Overt
Author | : Robert Virgil Williams |
Publisher | : Information Today, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 2005 |
ISBN-10 | : 1573872342 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781573872348 |
Rating | : 4/5 (42 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: The first scholarly book to present an in-depth exploration of the historical relationships between covert intelligence work and information/computer science. The book first examines the pivotal strides made during World War II to utilize technology in the gathering and dissemination of government/military intelligence. Next, it traces the evolution of the relationship between spymasters, computers, and systems developers through the years of the Cold War-a period notable for the parallel development of high-tech spyware and powerful systems for encoding, decoding, storing, and manipulating intelligence data.