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The Secrets of America’s Greatest Codebreaker
The Secrets of America’s Greatest Codebreaker
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Length:
23 minutes
Released:
Mar 28, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Are codes the key to victory on the battlefield? In the build-up to World War I Colonel Parker Hitt recognized the Army’s non-existent cryptology methods could lead to countless deaths and created an entirely new system, laying a foundation that exists to this day. Host Joe Craig chats with Betsy Rohaly Smoot, the author of the new biography Parker Hitt: The Father of American Cryptology, to unlock the secrets of the man and his methods.
Guest: Betsy Rohaly Smoot, Author, Parker Hitt: The Father of American Military Cryptology
Host: Joe Craig, AUSA’s Book Program Director
Resources:
University Press of Kentucky:
Parker Hitt: The Father of American Military Cryptology
Recommendations for future topics are welcome via email at podcast@ausa.org.
Guest: Betsy Rohaly Smoot, Author, Parker Hitt: The Father of American Military Cryptology
Host: Joe Craig, AUSA’s Book Program Director
Resources:
University Press of Kentucky:
Parker Hitt: The Father of American Military Cryptology
Recommendations for future topics are welcome via email at podcast@ausa.org.
Released:
Mar 28, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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